Contents

Preface

Biodiversity of the French river Rhône and its floodplain: current state, historical changes and restoration potential
Jean-François Fruget and Jean-Louis Michelot

Biodiversity changes in the lower Danube river system
A. Vadineanu, S. Cristofor and V. Iordache

Plant diversity of fen landscapes in the Netherlands
Jos T.A. Verhoeven and Roland Bobbink

Factors influencing biodiversity in coastal plain wetlands of Southwestern Australia
Jenny A. Davis, Stuart A. Halse and Ray H. Froend

Wetlands of East Africa: biodiversity, exploitation and policy perspectives
Lauren J. Chapman, J. Balirwa, F.W.B. Bugenyi, C. Chapman and T.L. Crisman

Biodiversity and conservation of afrotropical wetland invertebrates
Nic. Pacini and David M. Harper

Diversity in some tropical wetland systems of South America
Juan José Neiff

Biodiversity in the pantanal wetland, Brazil
Carolina Joana da Siva, Karl Matthias Wantzen, Cátia Nunes da Cunha and Francisco de Arruda Machado

Biodiversity and management of Keoladeo National Park (India) - a wetland of International importance
Malavika Chauhan and Brij Gopal

South Asian wetlands and their biodiversity: the role of monsoons
Brij Gopal and Malavika Chauhan

Assessment, determinants, function and conservation of biodiversity in wetlands: present staus and future needs
Brij Gopal and W.J. Junk