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Nutrient enrichment of freshwater wetlands

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Landscape Ecology of a Stressed Environment

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In prehistoric times, freshwater wetlands formed a major part of the Dutch land surface (Pons, 1992). At present, in a landscape shaped by reclamation and urbanization, Dutch wetland reserves occur as small isolated patches in a matrix of agricultural land or as complexes formed by peat dredging, diking of oxbow lakes, etc. Freshwater dune slacks are common in the extensive coastal sand dune areas. Many wetland reserves are highly valued for their botanical and ornithological richness.

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  1. Department of Landscape Ecology, Dutch Association for Landscape Ecology and DLO-Institute for Forestry and Nature Research, UK

    Claire C. Vos

  2. Department of Landscape Ecology, DLO-Institute for Forestry and Nature Research, UK

    Paul Opdam

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Verhoeven, J.T.A., Kemmers, R.H., Koerselman, W. (1993). Nutrient enrichment of freshwater wetlands. In: Vos, C.C., Opdam, P. (eds) Landscape Ecology of a Stressed Environment. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2318-1_2

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