Front Cover; Wetland Modelling; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Contributors; Chapter 1. Wetland Modelling-An Introduction and Overview; Why Model Wetlands?; An Internationcd Effort; Wetland Model Development; The Contributions in this Book; Conclusions; References; Chapter 2. Hydrologic Processes for Models of Freshwater Wetlands; Introduction; Regional Hydrologic Characteristics of Wetlands; Local Hydrologic Characteristics of Wetlands; Wetland Hydrologic Processes; Conclusions; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 3. A Spatially-Distributed Model of Raised Bog Relief

IntroductionConstruction of the Model; Form of the Bog Surface at Steady State; Results of Simulation Experiments; Conclusion and Discussion; References; Chapter 4. Interference Between Mosses and Trees in the Framework of a Dynamic Model of Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in a Mesotrophic Bog Ecosystem; Introduction; The Dynamic Model; Interference Between Mosses and Trees; Discussion and Conclusions; References; Chapter 5. Simulation Models of Coastal Wetland and Estuarine Systems: Realization of Goals; Introduction; Choice of Models

Conceptual Models of the Mississippi River Deltaic Plain RegionDes Allemands Urban Runoff-Swamp Eutrophication Models; Summers-McKellar North Inlet Estuarine Models; Sapelo Island Salt Marsh Models; A Microbially-Linked Model of Carbon Flow in Estuarine Waterbodies; North River Ecosystem Model; Interpretation of Sensitivity Analyses-A Note of Caution; Conclusions; References; Chapter 6. A Dynamic Spatial Simulation Model of Land Loss and Marsh Succession in Coastal Louisiana; The Land Loss Problem in Coastal Louisiana; Natural Wetland Loss; Human-Induced Wetland Loss

The Need for an Integrated Spatial Simulation Modelling ApproachThe Coastal Ecological Landscape Spatial Simulation (CELSS) Model; The Management Potential of the CELSS Model; References; Chapter 7. Productivity -- Hydrology -- Nutrient Models of Forested Wetlands; Introduction; Forested Wetland Productivity Models; A Model of Forested Wetlands; Conclusions; References; Chapter 8. Modelling Nutrient Retention by a Reedswamp and Wet Meadowin Denmark; Introduction; Description of the Two Wetland Studies; Presentation of the Applied Model; Model Results

Conclusions and Recommendations for Future Modelling EffortsReferences; Chapter 9. Some Simulations Models for Water Quality Management of Shallow Lakesand Reservoirs and a Contribution to Ecosystem Theory; Introduction; Aquatic Ecosystems and Their Surroundings; Modelling of Lake and Reservoir Hydrodynamics; Simulation Models of Eutrophication and Water Quality; Application of Models to Water Management Problems; Toward the Development of Aquatic Ecosystem Theory; Thermodynamic Theory of Water Quality; Cybernetic Basis of Ecological Modelling; A Cybernetic Model of Phytoplankton Structure