Wetlands: The Web of Life [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Paul Rezendes (Author), Paulette M. Roy (Author)

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YA. Carefully selected photos give readers a look at the full range of wetland environments?bottomlands, swamps, mires, prairie potholes, mud flats, and wet meadows, among others. The cutlines provide plant identification, explication, and other pertinent detail. The text is rich in scientific lore and history and the format makes even full pages of text look airy. The authors leave no doubt about the diversity of life found within wetland systems as well as their critical role in the environmental health of surrounding plant and animal populations, including human. Although there is no index, the sections are divided into major wetland ecosystems with an emphasis on their interplay.?Cynthia J. Rieben, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

The ecological significance of global wetlands is beginning to receive deserved attention, particularly through the grass-roots efforts of concerned groups such as Ducks Unlimited and other environmental conservation groups. Technological agrarianism is slowly recognizing that the land must filter waste by means other than sewers and waste-processing plants. Rezendes, a photographer and author (Tracking and the Art of Seeing, Firefly, 1992) and naturalist and educator Roy offer an articulate and artistic portrayal of the varieties of wetlands that perform this and other essential environmental functions. Covering inland marshes; coastal wetlands; bogs, fens, and swamps; lakes and ponds; and rivers and streams, the authors provide essays accompanied by splendid landscape photography. A final chapter on the techniques for landscape photography is of particular value to amateur naturalist photographers. This elegant book provides another avenue for the appreciation of lands that had in the past been prime targets for "reclaiming" or elimination. Highly recommended for either nature or photography collections in public libraries.?Mary Hemmings, Univ. of Calgary, Alberta
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 156 pages
• Publisher: Sierra Club Books; illustrated edition edition (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0871568780
• ISBN-13: 978-0871568786
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 9.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,193,774 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A winning combination!, July 22, 2001

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This review is from: Wetlands: The Web of Life (Paperback)

Finally a great book on an oft-ignored subject...! The other books I found on wetland are usually too academic or too focused on photos. Rezendes/Roy's book combines fantastic photographs (about 30% of them cover one-and-a-half page) with in-depth (but not dry) essays that capture my imagination and educate me on wetland environments. Most of us would most probably visit one or two famous wetlands in our lives such as the Everglades, and that's about it unless you are fortunate enough to live near one. This book gives you the opportunity to experience in technicolor the marshes of Massachusetts and Georgia; prairie potholes of North Dakota and Canada; shorelines of New England and Maine; and many more. It is not a book about dead tree-stumps and saw grass as you would have thought; it covers the human impact, the environmental care that should be given, and the importance of preserving these wetlands. Get this book, ogle at the photos and discover/understand (and perhaps help to care for) these fragile ecosystems.... You will be amazed at the biodiversity of the wetlands and you will understand why "The Web of Life" is given as the subtitle.