Where Land Meets Water

Where Land Meets Water
Author: Canadian Wildlife Service
Publisher: Environment Canada
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This publication summarizes the current state of knowledge about Great Lakes coastal wetlands based on the information presented at the Millennium Wetland Event symposium. Information on wetland development and classification, summaries of wetland vegetation communities, and details of the fish and wildlife species that use Great Lakes coastal wetlands as habitat are all found within the following pages. Wetland conservation initiatives and some of the challenges of performing wetland science in such a large and diverse environnment are also highlighted.

Coastal Wetlands

Coastal Wetlands
Author: Harold H. Prince
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2018-05-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1351087622

This book represents the proceedings of the firstGreat Lakes Costal Wetlands Colloquium (November 5-7, 1984; East Lansing, Michigan). The theme wasNatural and Manipulated Water Levels in Great Lakes Wetlands. This material constitutes both Great Lakes wetlands and the state of understanding about them. It is intended to provide fisheries and wildlife biologists, ecologists, aquatic resource managers and planners and environmental scientists information about the coastal wetlands in regard to eight priority areas. The colloquium and publication of the proceedings were cosponsored by Sea Grant Program and Environment Canada.

Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands--

Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands--
Author: Maggie Young
Publisher: [Downsview, Ont.] : Environment Canada
Total Pages: 20
Release: 2002
Genre: Wetland conservation
ISBN:

This fact sheet has been prepared to convey the importance of coastal wetlands in maintaining the hydrological & ecological health of the Great Lakes, and to encourage wider acceptance of wetland values. It contains basic information on wetland functions & values, the types of wetlands and why the occur where they do, fluctuations in Great Lakes water levels & their effect on wetlands, wetland flora & wildlife, environmental stresses affecting wetlands, initiatives to conserve Great Lakes wetlands, and wetland rehabilitation.