Creating and Restoring Wetlands
1998; Oxford University Press; Volume: 48; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/1313458
ISSN1525-3244
AutoresWilliam J. Mitsch, X. Ben Wu, Robert W. Nairn, Paul E. Weihe, Naiming Wang, Robert L. Deal, Charles Boucher,
Tópico(s)Economic and Environmental Valuation
ResumoW etland creation and restoration are carried out frequently in the United States to mitigate the loss of wetlands due to almost any human development (e.g., shopping centers, highways, suburban developments, and coastline manipulation). These practices have been controversial because of uncertainty about what is necessary to create and restore these important ecosystems and what constitutes success of the new wetlands (Roberts 1993, Mitsch and Wilson 1996, Young 1996, Zedler 1996, Malakoff 1998). Yet if done properly, the creation and restoration of ecosystems in general, and of wetlands in particular, provide opportunities for enhancing the ecosystem services to humans, which have been estimated to provide the equivalent of $33 tril-
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