Regeneration of vegetation on wetland crossings for gas pipeline rights-of-way one year after construction
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
- Trinity Christian Coll., Palos Heights, IL (United States). Dept. of Biology
- Chicago State Univ., IL (United States). Dept. of Biological Sciences
Four wetland crossings of gas pipeline rights-of-way (ROWs), located in Florida, Michigan, New Jersey, and New York, were surveyed for generation of vegetation roughly one year after pipeline construction was completed. Conventional trench-and-fill construction techniques were employed for all four sites. Estimated areal coverage of each species by vegetative strata within transect plots was recorded for plots on the ROW and in immediately adjacent wetlands undisturbed by construction activities. Relative success of regeneration was measured by percent exposed soil, species diversity, presence of native and introduced species, and hydric characteristics of the vegetation. Variable site factors included separation and replacement of topsoil, final grading of the soil, application of seed and fertilizer, and human disturbance unrelated to construction. Successful regeneration exhibited greater dependency on the first three factors listed.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Gas Research Inst., Chicago, IL (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 10102878
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/ES/CP-79269; CONF-9309254-4; ON: DE94001338; CNN: Contract 5088-252-1770; TRN: 94:007294
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 5. international symposium on environmental concerns in rights-of-way (ROW) management,Montreal (Canada),19-22 Sep 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1993]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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