Ecology of Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands of the Southeastern United States (eBook)

William H. Conner, Thomas W. Doyle, Ken W. Krauss (Herausgeber)

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2007 | 2007
XIV, 505 Seiten
Springer Netherland (Verlag)
978-1-4020-5095-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This book draws together the latest findings on the hydrological processes, community organization, and stress physiology of freshwater, tidally influenced land-margin forests of the southeastern United States. It describes the land use history that led to the restricted distribution of these wetlands, and provides descriptions of the hydrology, soils, biogeochemistry, and physiological ecology of these systems, highlighting the similarities shared among tidal freshwater forested wetlands.

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Tidal freshwater forested wetlands represent an intriguing and und- studied type of ecosystem in the southeastern United States. The phy- ographic position of tidal freshwater forested wetlands in occupying low lying, coastal areas makes them susceptible to upland runoff, tidal flo- ing, saltwater intrusion, and other global climate change phenomena. While information on them is rather sparse in the scientific literature, these ecosystems are among the most sensitive to sea-level rise and increased drought or flood frequency. Tidal freshwater forested wetlands are readily impacted by acute and chronic exposure to even low levels of salinity. The combined stress of flooding and salinity may compound the threat in these systems such that the margin for survival and compensation to changing climate is much less than for other coastal habitats. In this book, we bring together principal investigators whose research focus has targeted the - drology, biogeochemistry, community ecology, forestry, stress physiology, and restoration of tidal freshwater forested wetlands in the southeastern United States. It is our foremost intent to develop an up-to-date treatise that includes not only peer-reviewed journal articles but also the dispersive grey literature on the topic in order to spark future research interest in tidal freshwater forested wetlands and to provide land managers with a concise overview of research findings. We have thus formalized all scientific and common names into the standard of ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Infor- tion System, http://www. itis.

Inhalt

Contents 6
Preface 9
Chapter 1 - Tidal Freshwater Swamps of the Southeastern United States: Effects of Land Use, Hurricanes, Sea-level Rise, and Climate Change 13
Chapter 2 - Hydrology of Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands of the Southeastern United States 41
Chapter 3 - Soils and Biogeochemistry of Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands 76
Chapter 4 - Plant Community Composition of a Tidally Influenced, Remnant Atlantic White Cedar Stand in Mississippi 100
Chapter 5 - Sediment, Nutrient, and Vegetation Trends Along the Tidal, Forested Pocomoke River, Maryland 123
Chapter 6 - Vegetation and Seed Bank Studies of Salt-Pulsed Swamps of the Nanticoke River,Chesapeake Bay 148
Chapter 7 - Tidal Freshwater Swamps of a Lower Chesapeake Bay Subestuary 170
Chapter 8 - Biological, Chemical, and Physical Characteristics of Tidal Freshwater Swamp Forests of the Lower Cape Fear River/ Estuary, North Carolina 191
Chapter 10 - Ecology of the Coastal Edge of Hydric Hammocks on the Gulf Coast of Florida 261
Chapter 11 - Ecological Characteristics of Tidal Freshwater Forests Along the Lower Suwannee River, Florida 296
Chapter 12 - Community Composition of Select Areas of Tidal Freshwater Forest Along the Savannah River 326
Chapter 13 - Ecology of the Maurepas Swamp: Effects of Salinity, Nutrients, and Insect Defoliation 354
Chapter 14 - Selection for Salt Tolerance in Tidal Freshwater Swamp Species: Advances Using Baldcypress as a Model for Restoration 390
Chapter 15 - Assessing the Impact of Tidal Flooding and Salinity on Long- term Growth of Baldcypress Under Changing Climate and Riverflow 416
Chapter 16 - Conservation and Use of Coastal Wetland Forests in Louisiana 451
Chapter 17 - Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands: Future Research Needs ation and an Overview of Restor 465
Appendix 1 493
Index 500

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.6.2007
• Zusatzinfo: XIV, 505 p.
• Verlagsort: Dordrecht
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Coastal systems • Ecology • ecosystem • Forest • Forested wetlands • Hydrology • Management • Relief • Savanna • Sediment • Tidal • Vegetation • wetland • Wetland ecology
• ISBN-10: 1-4020-5095-X / 140205095X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4020-5095-4 / 9781402050954