FRESHWATER WETLANDS AND THEIR SUSTAINABLE FUTURE:
EVIDENCE FROM UNESCO’S TREBON BASIN BIOSPHERE RESERVE
Jan KVET, Jan JENÍK & Lenka SOUKUPOVÁ (editors)
Contents
Dedication
Preface
List of Contributors
Foreword (editors)
Section 1. Key role of wetlands in the biosphere reserve
- Trebon Basin Biosphere Reserve and its exposure to human impacts (J.Jeník & J.Kvet)
- Wetlands of the TBBR in the Central European context (J.Jeník, R.Kurka, S.Husák)
- Development of the IBP and MAB studies in the TBBR (J.Kvet, J.Jeník)
Section 2. Fishpond management: ecological consequences
- Hydrobiological evaluation of Trebon fishponds since the end of 19th century (L. Pechar, I.Prikryl, R.Faina)
- Fishpond vegetation in historal view (S. Hejný, Z. Hroudová, J. Kvet)
- Role of macrophytes and filamentous algae in fishponds (J. Pokorný, J. Kvet, M. Eiseltová, E.Rejmánková, D. Dykyjová,)
- Changes in the abundance of waterfowl in response to fishpond management (K.Stastný, V.Bejcek)
- Comparison between carp ponds in the Trebon Basin Biosphere Reserve and Waldviertel (G. Schlott , K:Schlott-Idl, L.Pechar, J.Pokorný)
- Heavy metals in the floodplain of Luznice river and in the Nadeje fishpond system (J. Pokorný, L.Pechar, J. Radová, J. Bastl,K. Drbal, J. Svehla )
- Pollution of the Vranín fishpond system (V. Sládecek, M. Kopta)
- Opatovický fishpond from 1971 to 1992 (Z. Hroudová, P. Zákravský)
- Impact of eutrophication on Rod fishpond nature reserve (L. Pechar , Z. Balounová & J. Rajchard)
Section 3. Wetlands surrounding an ancient human-made lake
- Human impact on vegetation around the pond (K. Prach)
- Littoral plant communities and soils (Z. Hroudová, P. Zákravský)
- Decomposition of Glyceria maxima in the littoral zone (J. Dvorák, E. Lisková)
- The „Wet Meadows“ and their climatic and hydrologic setting (K. Pribán, J. Jeník)
- Vegetation pattern and its alterations (K. Prach, L. Soukupová)
- Life strategies of graminoid populations (L. Soukupová)
- Willow carr: its dominants and life strategies (J. Jeník, M. N. Koncalová, D. Jicínská & S. Pribil)
- Regressive development of an alder carr (J.Jeník, V.Vetvicka)
- Biomass and net primary production in the graminoid vegetation (J. Kvet, J. Lukavská, M. Tetter)
- Evapotranspiration from a sedge-grass marsh and a willow carr (K. Pribán, J.P. Ondok)
- Photosynthesis of willows (V. Bauer)
- Communities of small mammals (V. Bejcek, K. Stastný)
- Bionomic strategies of the Lepidoptera (K. Spitzer)
- Homoptera-Auchenorrhyncha communities (V. Novotný)
- Soil-surface Coleoptera in Wet Meadows (V. Pizl)
- Ground beetles (Carabidae) and harvestmen (Opiliones): effect of floods (L. Klimes)
- Communities of spiders (Arachnida) (V.Růzicka)
Section 4. Mires in a marginal situation
- Trebon bogs: their identity, exploitation and conservation (K. Spitzer, J. Jeník)
- Holocene and Late Glacial landscapes of the Trebon Basin (V. Jankovská)
- Plant life in an endangered mire: Cervené Blato bog (J.Jeník, L. Rektoris, F. Lederer)
- Bog pine stands in response to groundwater fluctuations (L. Rektoris, O. Rauch, K. Pribán )
- Entomological studies in the Cervené Blato bog (K. Spitzer, J. Jaros)
- Succession of bird communities in extracted bogs (K. Stastný, V. Bejcek)
- The Liborezy bog prior to its extraction (L. Soukupová, V.Bauer, J.Jeník, L.Klimes, S.Kucera, K.Prach)
Section 5. Future prospects for wetlands
- The role of wetlands in energy and material flows in the landscape (J.Pokorný, J. Kvet, K. Cerovská)
- Vertebrates of the Trebon Basin and their conservation (J. Sevcík)
- Avifauna of the Trebon fishponds and new wetlands in the TBBR (J. Janda, J. Sevcík)
- Preservation of ecological and socio-economic roles of human-managed wetlands (J.Jeník, J.Kvet, M.Hátle)