Ecological Engineering: Principles and PracticePatrick Kangas Less expensive and more environmentally appropriate than conventional engineering approaches, constructed ecosystems are a promising technology for environmental problem solving. Undergraduates, graduate students, and working professionals need an introductory text that details the biology and ecology of this rapidly developing discipline, known as |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Academic Press Adapted Adey agricultural American animals applications approach aquaculture aquatic artificial reefs beaver biodiversity bioengineering BioScience Biosphere Boca Raton Cambridge Chapter coastal composting concept Conservation constructed Constructed Wetlands diversity E. O. Wilson E. P. Odum ecological economics ecological engineering ecologists ecosystem engineers emergy Energy circuit energy signature environment environmental erosion estuarine example exotic species experimental experiments Figure fish flow forest freshwater function H. T. Odum habitat human industrial ecology Island John Wiley Journal Kangas Lewis Publishers living machine Management mangroves Marine marsh mesocosm microbes microcosms Mitsch muskrats natural ecosystems nutrient organisms pesticides plants pollution population preadapted predators problem production restoration ecology role saltmarsh scale Science sediments seeding self-organization sewage soil bioengineering stream structure studies succession TABLE theory Todd treatment wetlands tropical University Press vegetation Washington waste wastewater treatment Wiley & Sons York