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1. A Floodplain Continuum for Atlantic Coast Rivers of the Southeastern US: Predictable Changes in Floodplain Biota along a River’s Length

Author:
Batzer, DaroldP.; Noe, GregoryB.; Lee, Linda; Galatowitsch, Mark
Source:
Wetlands 2018 v.38 no.1 pp. 1-13
ISSN:
0277-5212
Subject:
animals; biogeochemistry; coasts; ecological function; ecosystems; fauna; floodplains; flora; highlands; models; nutrients; rivers; sediments; stream channels; water; wetland plants; wetlands; Southeastern United States
Abstract:
... Floodplains are among the world’s economically-most-valuable, environmentally-most-threatened, and yet conceptually-least-understood ecosystems. Drawing on concepts from existing riverine and wetland models, and empirical data from floodplains of Atlantic Coast rivers in the Southeastern US (and elsewhere when possible), we introduce a conceptual model to explain a continuum of longitudinal variat ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13157-017-0983-4

2. Constructed treatment wetlands provide habitat for zooplankton communities in agricultural peat lake catchments

Author:
Eivers, RebeccaS.; Duggan, IanC.; Hamilton, DavidP.; Quinn, JohnM.
Source:
Wetlands 2018 v.38 no.1 pp. 95-108
ISSN:
0277-5212
Subject:
Cladocera; Copepoda; Ostracoda; Rotifera; agricultural land; ammonium; biodiversity; community structure; drainage channels; ecosystems; lakes; macrophytes; niches; nitrogen; oxygen; pH; peat; phosphates; water quality; water temperature; watersheds; wetlands; zooplankton; New Zealand
Abstract:
... Zooplankton are an essential component of healthy functioning lake and wetland ecosystems. Despite this, zooplankton communities within constructed treatment wetlands (CTWs) in agricultural landscapes remain unstudied. Taxa richness, total abundances and community composition were evaluated for zooplankton assemblages from three habitat types (lakes, CTWs and drainage ditches) within five intensiv ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13157-017-0959-4

3. Herpetofaunal Communities in Restored and Unrestored Remnant Tallgrass Prairie and Associated Wetlands in Northwest Arkansas, USA

Author:
Baecher, JosephA.; Vogrinc, PhilipN.; Guzy, JacquelynC.; Kross, ChelseaS.; Willson, JohnD.
Source:
Wetlands 2018 v.38 no.1 pp. 157-168
ISSN:
0277-5212
Subject:
Lithobates; crayfish; ecological restoration; ecosystems; frogs; game animals; habitats; herpetofauna; highlands; hydrology; indigenous species; tallgrass prairies; wetlands; Arkansas
Abstract:
... Wetlands within tallgrass prairie are among the most endangered ecosystems in North America and serve as critical habitat for many sensitive and endemic species. Although loss of these habitats has acutely affected reptiles and amphibians, most prairie restoration initiatives take an ecosystem restoration approach adapted for plant and/or game species, with few focusing particularly on herpetofaun ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13157-017-0966-5

4. Inter-Annual and Seasonal Variation of ANPP and Leaf Nutrient Concentration in Cold-Temperate Wetlands of Tierra del Fuego

Author:
Cipriotti, P.A.; Collantes, M.B.; Rauber, R.B.; Braun, K.; Escartín, C.
Source:
Wetlands 2018 v.38 no.1 pp. 37-49
ISSN:
0277-5212
Subject:
climate change; cold zones; ecosystems; graminoids; grazing effects; latitude; leaves; meadows; nitrogen; nitrogen content; nutrient content; nutrients; phosphorus; primary productivity; resorption; seasonal variation; springs (water); summer; wetlands; Argentina
Abstract:
... We investigated the inter-annual and seasonal variation of the aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP), and leaf nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations across two different types of wet meadows (spring-fed and riparian) in Tierra del Fuego Island, Southern Patagonia. In addition, we estimated grazing effects on ANPP, the nature of nutrient limitation, and the resorption efficiencies for both n ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13157-017-0955-8

5. Standing Dead Trees are a Conduit for the Atmospheric Flux of CH4 and CO2 from Wetlands

Author:
Carmichael, MaryJane; Helton, AshleyM.; White, JosephC.; Smith, WilliamK.
Source:
Wetlands 2018 v.38 no.1 pp. 133-143
ISSN:
0277-5212
Subject:
carbon; carbon dioxide; coastal plains; dead wood; ecosystems; gases; greenhouse gases; landscapes; methane; methane production; vegetation; wetlands; North Carolina
Abstract:
... In vegetated wetland ecosystems, plants can be a dominant pathway in the atmospheric flux of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Although the roles of herbaceous vegetation and live woody vegetation in this flux have been established, the role of dead woody vegetation is not yet known. In a restored wetland of North Carolina’s coastal plain, static flux chambers were deployed at two heights on stand ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13157-017-0963-8