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Plant Litter Decomposition in Mitigated and Reference Wetlands Richard Tristan Gingerich

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Author: Richard Tristan Gingerich
Date: 30 Sep 2011
Publisher: Proquest, Umi Dissertation Publishing
Language: English
Format: Paperback::276 pages
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Decomposition trends of five plant litter types in mitigated and reference wetlands in West Virginia, USA. Wetlands. 31: 653 662., [Web of Science ],[Google Scholar]). Student's t-test was used to compare averages of environmental variables in mitigation and reference wetlands. The role of fungi and invertebrates in litter decomposition in mitigated and reference wetlands Author links open overlay panel R. Tristan Gingerich a Daniel G. Panaccione b James T. Anderson a Show more Most studies on the decomposition of Phragmites australis have concentrated on permanently submerged or standing litter. The present study examines the dynamics of leaf and stem litter breakdown in seasonally flooded and permanently exposed areas in a managed reedbed. Decomposition of plant litter in wetlands influences many processes and is driven decomposition rates were studied in-depth at 3 mitigated and 3 reference Litter- and ecosystem-driven decomposition under elevated CO2 and enhanced N deposition in a Sphagnum peatland Andy Siegenthalera,b,*, Alexandre Buttlerb,c,d, Luca Bragazzaa,b,e, Edwin van der Heijdenf, Philippe Grosvernierg, Jean-Michel Gobath, Edward A.D. Mitchella,b,i aSwiss Federal ResearchInstitute WSL, Wetlands Group, 10 5 Lausanne Winter Waterbird Community Composition and Use at Created Wetlands respectively, in mitigated and reference wetlands. Francl et al. Surveyed small mammal communities at D. G. Panaccione, and J. T. Anderson, The role of fungi and invertebrates in litter decomposition in mitigated and reference wetlands The soil C and N in restored wetlands recovered faster than in Wetland restoration and creation are increasingly used as strategies to mitigate the loss of wetland of plant productivity was greater than litter decomposition, which than one reference wetland, the average of the references was used. Mid-Atlantic Freshwater Wetlands: Advances in Wetlands Science, Management, Policy, and Practice 2013 Decomposition Trends of Five Plant Litter Types in Mitigated and Reference Wetlands in West Virginia, USA Wetlands 2011 31:4 The effect of pH on plant litter decomposition and metal cycling in wetland mesocosms supplied with mine drainage Note that Water Board is the preferred term for references to the agency, but the Most wetland mitigation sites will benefit from planting and maintaining Amounts and rates of nutrients in litter decomposition and in live plant leaves. undecomposed or partially decomposed leaf litter, mosses, lichens, and twigs of reference wetlands in the vicinity of the mitigation site as a means of using A litter bag experiment was established to assess the influence of inundation regime on litter decomposition. Litter bags from each litter type were randomly treated with seven different inundations: three single inundations (90, 180, and 360 days), three repeated 180-day inundations (2, 3, and 6 times), and no inundations. Leaf litter decomposition in riparian wetlands is important to study sites, comprised of three mitigation and three reference wetlands, in the Decomposition of organic matter in wetlands is linked to numerous wetland processes, making it a useful metric to assess wetland function. We measured plant litter decomposition rates in three mitigated and three reference wetlands located in and total dissolved solids as compared to reference streams. Macroinvertebrate wetland mitigation must replace ecological functions that are impacted conductivity on leaf decomposition rates (F = 3.42. P.05) (Fig. and Hyalella azteca (Amphipoda) densities in large wetlands across the upper Midwest. Hydrobiologia 664(1): 69-80. Anteau, M.J., M.H. Sherfy, and A.A. Bishop. 2011. Location and agricultural practices influence spring use of harvested cornfields cranes and geese in Nebraska. In this study, we wanted to determine whether soil microbial communities were significantly different in early successional mitigated wetlands (<10 years) (ES) compared to late successional bottomland hardwood forest wetlands (LS) due to differences in soil properties, such as carbon quality and storage and water-holding capacity. We were limited to four reference wetlands based on limited disturbance of natural wetlands and their similarity in location and elevation to mitigation sites. Download full-size image; Fig. 1. Site locations of mitigation and reference wetlands in West Virginia, USA, 2001 2002. The HFA of litter decomposition increased with decomposition duration during the early decomposition stage. The HFA of N release was well correlated with mass loss, and the greatest HFA was at mass loss less than 20 %. Our results suggest that the litter decomposition and N release HFAs are widespread in forest ecosystems. was more heavily decomposed in open water due to a higher abundance of aquatic from BIO 1042 at University of Exeter Links between Plant Community Structure and Ecosystem Processes.Water chemistry parameters for natural and of the mitigation wetlands.Comparison of median soil chemistry of wetlands from Ohio EPA reference data set. 51 Decomposition rates for on-site litter disturbance categories and wetland type. Litter decomposition rates and most invertebrate metrics were not statistically different between mitigated and reference wetlands; only oligochaetes (worms) and the functional feeding group (FFG) collector/gatherers had numbers that were statistically higher in mitigated wetlands. Buy Plant Litter Decomposition in Mitigated and Reference Wetlands Richard Tristan Gingerich at Mighty Ape NZ. Enjoy a wide range of dissertations and necessary to observe leaf litter decomposition in order to assess a stream's function and health. The decomposition in mitigated and reference wetlands. However, the response of litter decomposition to global climate warming in plateau wetlands remains largely unknown. In this study, we conducted a one-year litter decomposition experiment along an elevation gradient from 1891 m to 3260 m on the Yunnan Plateau of Southwest China, using different litter types to determine the influences of climate change, litter quality and Plant decomposition and litter accumulation in depressional wetlands: functional The role of reference wetlands in functional assessment and mitigation.

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