Evaluating created wetlands through comparisons with natural wetlands

Technical Report · Fri Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:6058105

Brown, M T

The report summarizes the evaluation and recommendations regarding an approach to wetland sampling and characterization developed by the Wetlands Research Program (WRP) at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Research Laboratory, Corvallis, OR. Between trials, team members discussed at length the methodology and field protocols and modified them to reflect the conditions and difficulties encountered in sampling herbaceous wetlands in urban areas of Florida. Major emphasis is placed on the appropriateness of measured variables for determining successful wetland re-creation. Numerous physical and biological parameters were measured and compared in the nine created and nine natural wetlands. Analysis of these data has shown some important similarities and differences between created and natural wetlands and lends insight into the complex questions surrounding wetland creation and the equivalency of created wetlands to naturally occurring wetlands. Evaluations of temporal changes in hydrology and plant successional trends within created wetlands seem most important in determining ultimate success.

• Research Organization: Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL (United States). Center for Wetlands
• OSTI ID: 6058105
• Report Number(s): PB-92-111566/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540320* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
DATA PROCESSING
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECOSYSTEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FEDERAL REGION IV
FIELD TESTS
FLORIDA
HYDROLOGY
LAWS
NORTH AMERICA
POLLUTION LAWS
PROCESSING
RECOMMENDATIONS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SAMPLING
TESTING
URBAN AREAS
US CLEAN WATER ACT
USA
WATER QUALITY
WETLANDS