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标题：Towards the conservation of wetlands in the tropics
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作者：Tatenda Dalu ; Ryan J. Wasserman
期刊名称：South African Journal of Science
印刷版ISSN：0038-2353
电子版ISSN：1996-7489
出版年度：2022
卷号：118
期号：7-8
页码：1-1
DOI：10.17159/sajs.2022/12923
语种：English
出版社：The Foundation for Research Development
摘要：All around the world, tropical wetlands provide many ecosystem services, as described by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment in 2005.1 The benefits include clean water, ensuring a stable water supply, and providing habitat to a wide variety of important species as wetlands are among the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. Fundamentals of Tropical Freshwater Wetlands: From Ecology to Conservation Management, edited by Tatenda Dalu and Ryan Wasserman, presents an informed and well-structured series of original studies around the topic of wetlands. The book comprehensively describes how wetlands are formed and their hydrology; climate and geomorphological factors; physiochemical dynamics; nutrient cycles and ecological theories; biotic components; and the management of wetlands. The two editors are well-established African research scientists in the field of aquatic ecology, and I applaud them for compiling this book and coordinating more than 70 esteemed and enthusiastic scientists from around the world who all did a great job in creating this solid output. The book is a pleasure to read; it is well paced, organised, and highly informative. The chapters are imaginatively named and framed in their main contexts. Overall, this book is a substantial contribution to wetland science and the contents will be of interest to students, resource managers, individuals and policymakers worldwide.