Ecological Engineering: Principles and Practice

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Patrick Kangas
CRC Press, 2003 M09 25 - 472 pages
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

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Contents

1 Introduction
1
2 Treatment Wetlands
25
3 Soil Bioengineering
69
4 Microcosmology
117
5 Restoration Ecology
167
6 Ecological Engineering for Solid Waste Management
215
7 Exotic Species and Their Control
235
8 Economics and Ecological Engineering
273
9 Conclusions
297
References
341
Index
437
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