Overview
- A comprehensive review
- Written by experts
- Richly illustrated throughout
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry (HEC, volume 37)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
Keywords
- Alkaline lakes dynamics
- Aquatic pollution
- Carbon dioxide emissions
- Climate change
- Environmental vulnerability
- Estradas Parque Pantanal
- Gondwana Assembly
- Land-use changes
- Methane emissions
- Nhecolândia
- Paleolimnology
- Pantanal basin
- Paraguay river floodplain
- Taquari river basin
- water quality and water pollution
- hydrogeology
- climate change impacts
About this book
This book provides readers with in-depth insights into the changes in the Pantanal wetland from its formation to the actual and likely future states. It reveals that today’s Pantanal is an evolutionary consequence of geological, ecological and, more recently, man-made events taking place at distinct space-time intervals. Topics include geotectonics and sun-earth interactions, which largely dictate the rate of drastic changes that eventually disrupt ecological stability and radically rebuild the regional landscape. Furthermore, the biota-climate system is discussed as a major driver reshaping the ecohydrology functioning of the landscape on an intermediate timescale. Also covered are major changes in the landscape ecohydrology and biodiversity due to recent land-use and climate changes induced by humankind in the Anthropocene. The ability to recognize how those temporal scales impact the Pantanal wetland provides the opportunity for wise management approaches and the sustainable development of the region.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Dynamics of the Pantanal Wetland in South America
Editors: Ivan Bergier, Mario Luis Assine
Series Title: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18735-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-18734-1Published: 08 December 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79257-6Published: 28 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-18735-8Published: 30 November 2015
Series ISSN: 1867-979X
Series E-ISSN: 1616-864X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 243
Topics: Environmental Chemistry, Water Quality/Water Pollution, Hydrogeology, Analytical Chemistry, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts