Assessing Wetland Restoration on the Delmarva Peninsula using Vegetation Characteristics
dc.contributor.advisor | Baldwin, Andrew H | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | McFarland, Eliza Katherine | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Environmental Science and Technology | en_US |
dc.contributor.publisher | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland | en_US |
dc.contributor.publisher | University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-17T05:31:52Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-17T05:31:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | With 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.identifier | https://doi.org/10.13016/M2H34V | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/16781 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Ecology | en_US |
dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Environmental science | en_US |
dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Natural resource management | en_US |
dc.subject.pquncontrolled | biomass | en_US |
dc.subject.pquncontrolled | carbon | en_US |
dc.subject.pquncontrolled | restoration | en_US |
dc.subject.pquncontrolled | seed bank | en_US |
dc.subject.pquncontrolled | vegetation | en_US |
dc.subject.pquncontrolled | wetland | en_US |
dc.title | Assessing Wetland Restoration on the Delmarva Peninsula using Vegetation Characteristics | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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