Author: Karen E. FranclPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vegetation surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Characterization of High Elevation Central Appalachian Wetlands
Author: Karen E. FranclPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vegetation surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Characterization of High Elevation Central Appalachian Wetlands
Author: Karen E. FranclPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
We characterized 20 high elevation wetlands in the central Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia and Maryland, in terms of vegetation, soils, hydrology, and geology. Plant species were distributed along soil chemical (pH, conductivity) and physical (organic matter depth) gradients across sites. Topography and geology appear to explain differences among these wetlands, as reflected by soil and chemistry measures and vegetation distribution. Our work provides substantial quantitative baseline data for these uncommon high elevation wetlands, emphasizing the importance and diversity of these isolated systems.
Research Paper NE
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Forts, Floods, and Periglacial Features
Author: Joseph T. HannibalPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813700469
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Field Excursions to the Appalachian Plateaus and the Valley and Ridge for GSA Connects 2023
Author: Brett T. McLaurinPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813700663
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Geochemical, Hydrologic, and Vegetation Characteristics of Three Southern Appalachian Mountain Wetlands
Author: Brian Christopher SandefurPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental geochemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
A Multi-criteria Decisionmaking Approach for Management Indicator Species Selection on the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Biodiversity conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Michigan Botanist
Author: Wetlands of the Interior Southeastern United States
Author: C.C. TrettinPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401165793
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The early 1990's marked an environmental watershed for our countly. Under two federal administrations significant environmental legislative, regulatOly and institutional changes took place which affected our Nation's wetland resources. Injust a few years, we have seen rapid evolution in the way in which we view wetlands with more emphasis on specific wetland types and the geographic provinces in which they occur. This Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere (SAMAB) conference on "Wetland Ecology, Management and Conservation" represents just one example of our desire to understand wetlands in non-coastal regions of the southern United States. The backdrop to this conference was one where the government, universities, and private sector have come together to create a broader and more sophisticated understanding of environmental stewardship for our water resources, especially wetlands. Although enforcement of environmental legislation by federal and state government agencies - limited by manpower shortages, budgetary constraints and undermined by weak enforcement - remains strong as measured by world standards; the realization that environmental degradation of wetlands is likely to get much worse necessitates a greater commitment and increased resource allocation for wetland protection and management. These contiIUled pressures on the wetland resource will create substantial opportunities for the application of environmentally-sound technologies and interdisciplinmy modeling teams to keep abreast of the factors influencing wetland integrity and function in the last half of the 1990's.
Wetlands
Author: Committee on Characterization of WetlandsPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309587220
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
"Wetlands" has become a hot word in the current environmental debate. But what does it signify? In 1991, proposed changes in the legal definities of wetlands stirred controversy and focused attention on the scientific and economic aspects of their management. This volume explores how to define wetlands. The committee--whose members were drawn from academia, government, business, and the environmental community--builds a rational, scientific basis for delineating wetlands in the landscape and offers recommendations for further action. Wetlands also discusses the diverse hydrological and ecological functions of wetlands, and makes recommendations concerning so-called controversial areas such as permafrost wetlands, riparian ecosystems, irregularly flooded sites, and agricultural wetlands. It presents criteria for identifying wetlands and explores the problems of applying those criteria when there are seasonal changes in water levels. This comprehensive and practical volume will be of interest to environmental scientists and advocates, hydrologists, policymakers, regulators, faculty, researchers, and students of environmental studies.