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HYDROLOGIC REGIME CLASSIFICATION OF LAKE MICHIGAN COASTAL RIVERINE WETLANDS BASED ON WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS
Citation:
Detenbeck, N E., M F. Moffett, AND M S. Pearson. HYDROLOGIC REGIME CLASSIFICATION OF LAKE MICHIGAN COASTAL RIVERINE WETLANDS BASED ON WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS. Chapter 4, T.P. Simon and M.P. Stewart (ed.), Coastal Wetlands of the Laurential Great Lakes: Health, Habitat and Indicators. AuthorHouse, Bloomington, IN, , 115-136, (2007).
Impact/Purpose:
To develop ways to better explain differences in response of Lake Michigan coastal riverine wetlands to land-use and nutrient inputs
Description:
Classification of wetlands systems is needed not only to establish reference condition, but also to predict the relative sensitivity of different wetland classes. In the current study, we examined the potential for ecoregion- versus flow-based classification strategies to explain differences in response of Lake Michigan coastal riverine wetlands to land-use and nutrient inputs. - - -
Dominance of green and blue-greem algae relative to diatoms increased at lower levels of development for coastal wetlands with stable hydrologic regimes as compared to wetlands with flashy hydrologic regimes.