Environmental Role of Wetlands in Headwaters

Preface ix HEADWATER WETLANDS J. Krecek and M. J. Haigh MAPPING WETLANDS IN EUROPEAN HEADWATER AREAS M. L. Paracchini and J.V. Vogt THE ROLE OF FOREST ON THE HYDROLOGY OF HEADWATER WETLANDS Y. Fukushima ROLE OF GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS IN PROTECTION OF FORESTED WETLANDS J. Krecek, Z. Horicka and J. Novakova THE EFFECT OF PEAT LAND DRAINAGE AND AFFORESTATION ON RUNOFF DYNAMICS: Consequences on Floods in the Glomma River E. Beheim IMPACT OF HERBACEOUS VEGETATION ON RECOVERY OF A HARVESTED HEADWATER CATCHMENT J. Novakova and J. Krecek LEACHING OF NITROGEN FROM UPLAND FORESTREGENERATION SITES INTO WETLAND AREAS E. Kubin HYDROLOGY OF DISTURBED PEAT-LAND, HEADS OF THE VALLEYS, WALES M. Haigh and M. P. Kilmartin 1 7 17 49 59 77 87 95 vi ESTIMATION OF WATER BUDGET IN THE FORESTED PEATLANDS OF WESTERN IRELAND R. Chandran, J.F. Collins and T. Cummins ROLE OF THE PLANKTONIC COMUNITIES IN THE REGULATION AND INDICATION OF EUTROFICATION PROCESSES IN SHALLOW MOUNTAIN WETLANDS I. Traykov, M. Asenova, D. Slavova and B. Boyanovsky NEW WETLAND FORMATION IN SUBSIDENCE HOLLOWS OF WESTERN DONBASS, UKRAINE I. M. Loza and N.N. Nazarenko INTEGRATING WETLANDS INTO WATERSHED MANAGEMENT: Effectiveness of Constructed Wetlands to Reduce Impacts from Urban Stormwater J. Brydon, M.C. Roa , S.J. Brown and H. Schreier DISASTERS AND CLIMATE CHANGE - THEIR RELATION WITH WETLAND HEADWATERS A. Ho..evar, L. Kajfe.-Bogataj and Z. ..repin.ek THE ALLEGHE LAKE (DOLOMITES, ITALY): Environmental Role and Sediment Management L. Marchi, F. Michieli and G.M. Zuppi LAND-BASED RISK PREVENTION: The Case of Pian Di Spagna, Italy A. Valentinelli HEADWATER RESOURCES AND HEADWATER HAZARDS: PERSPECTIVES FROM ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Case Study Galtur, Austria A. M. Hama, A. Sansone, M. Seitz and J. Stotter 107 117 135 143 155 161 ALPINE WETLANDS FROM ECOLOGICAL NETWORK TO 173 181 Contents vii HYDROLOGY OF WETLANDS IN THE HEADWATERS OF GREAT AFRICAN RIVERS J. Balek HEADWATER WETLANDS IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA The Evolving Debate A. Wood ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF HEADWATER WETLANDS: A. Wood THE LAKE KINNERET DRAINAGE BASIN: Headwater Discharges, Hydrology and Nutrient Dynamics in the Hula Valley Wetland M. Gophen ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN HEADWATER PEAT WETLANDS, UK. M. Haigh ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF HEADWATER WETLANDS IN HUNGARY A. Kertesz, M. Csutak and J. Tardy HEADWATER WETLANDS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC J. Krecek ANALYSIS OF THE WATER BALANCE OF SMALL PARAMO CATCHMENTS IN SOUTH ECUADOR W. Buytaert, V. Iniguez, R. Celleri, B. De Bievre, G. Wyseure and J. Deckers 203 211 221 233 237 257 265 271 Contents Experience from Western Ethiopia viii SUMMARY REPORTS: , Slovenia and Canada S. Markova, A. Ho..evar, K. Haponiuk-Winiczenko, N. Zeliankevich , I. Berniakovich and G. Peter Kershaw HEADWATER AND WETLAND PROTECTION: The Italian Legal Framework A. Valentinelli NEXT GENERATION OF WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMES: Objectives and Expected Results M. Achouri CONCLUSION . WETLANDS IN CONTEXT M. Haigh and J. Krecek List of Contributors 339 Participants 343 Index 347