Assessing Wetland Restoration on the Delmarva Peninsula using Vegetation Characteristics

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dc.contributor.advisorBaldwin, Andrew Hen_US
dc.contributor.authorMcFarland, Eliza Katherineen_US
dc.contributor.departmentEnvironmental Science and Technologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-17T05:31:52Z
dc.date.available2015-07-17T05:31:52Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractWith wetland restoration, post-restoration monitoring is essential for determining developmental trajectories, particularly when comparing to natural reference systems. As part of the Mid-Atlantic Conservation Effects Assessment Project, 15 depressional wetlands on the Delmarva Peninsula of Maryland and Delaware were surveyed for above-ground vegetation and seed bank community composition, annual biomass production, and vegetation carbon content (10 restorations from prior-converted cropland (aged 5-31 years), and 5 natural forested depressions). Within each wetland, hydrologic zones (emergent, transition, upland) were also denoted and sampled. Restored wetlands showed more seed bank community similarity to natural wetlands than above-ground vegetation communities. Restorations also produced more annual herbaceous biomass than natural systems, and lower annual leaf litter biomass. After this period of post-restoration development, restored wetlands do not perform vegetation-related functions identical to their natural counterparts; however, these restorations are performing important vegetation-based functions that require yet more time to truly develop.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2H34V
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/16781
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEcologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEnvironmental scienceen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledNatural resource managementen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledbiomassen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcarbonen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledrestorationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledseed banken_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledvegetationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledwetlanden_US
dc.titleAssessing Wetland Restoration on the Delmarva Peninsula using Vegetation Characteristicsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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