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Aspects of Adaptive Management of Coastal Wetlands: Case Studies of Processes, Conservation, Restoration, Impacts and Assessment

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Abstract

Coastal wetlands are dynamic and include the freshwater-intertidal interface. In many parts of the world such wetlands are under pressure from increasing human populations and from predicted sea-level rise. Their complexity and the limited knowledge of processes operating in these systems combine to make them a management challenge. Adaptive management is advocated for complex ecosystem management (Hackney 2000; Meretsky et al. 2000; Thom 2000; National Research Council 2003). Adaptive management identifies man- agement aims, makes an inventory/environmental assessment, plans manage- ment actions,implements these, assesses outcomes, and provides feedback to iterate the process (Holling 1978; Walters and Holling 1990). This allows for a dynamic management system that is responsive to change.

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  1. Australian School of Environmental Studies, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, 4111, Australia

    Pat E. R. Dale & Mike B. Dale

  2. Department of Defence, Environmental Management Systems, Environmental Heritage and Risk Branch, Brindabella Park, Canberra, 2600, Australia

    Julie Anorov

  3. Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4067, Australia

    Jon Knight

  4. St Johns River Water Management District, PO Box 1429, Palatka, FL, 32177, USA

    Marc C. Minno

  5. Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Land and Environmental Assessment, Natural Resource Sciences, 80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland, 4068, Australia

    Bernie Powell

  6. Coastal Restoration Division, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, PO Box 44027, Baton Rouge, LA, 70804-4027, USA

    Richard C. Raynie

  7. Ecology Institute, School of the Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA

    Jenneke M. Visser

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  1. Landscape Ecology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, PO Box 800.84, 3508 TB, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Roland Bobbink , Boudewijn Beltman  & Jos T. A. Verhoeven ,  & 

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Dale, P.E.R. et al. (2006). Aspects of Adaptive Management of Coastal Wetlands: Case Studies of Processes, Conservation, Restoration, Impacts and Assessment. In: Bobbink, R., Beltman, B., Verhoeven, J.T.A., Whigham, D.F. (eds) Wetlands: Functioning, Biodiversity Conservation, and Restoration. Ecological Studies, vol 191. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33189-6_9

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