Road salt inputs alter biogeochemistry but not plant community composition in exurban forested wetlands

Ecosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha E. Walker ◽  
Gary Robbins ◽  
Ashley M. Helton ◽  
Beth A. Lawrence
Keyword(s):  
Community Composition ◽  
Plant Community ◽  
Forested Wetlands ◽  
Road Salt ◽  
Plant Community Composition

Comparison of Vegetational, Hydrologic, and Edaphic Characteristics of Riverine Forested Wetlands on North Carolina Coastal Plain

1997 ◽  
Vol 1601 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly D. Beissel ◽  
Theodore H. Shear
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Community Composition ◽  
Plant Community ◽  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Forested Wetlands ◽  
Flood Frequency ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Plant Community Composition ◽  
Small Stream ◽  
Hydrologic Regimes

Although forested wetlands are relatively abundant on the coastal plain of North Carolina, restoration of forested wetlands is becoming more common since these communities are frequent targets for impact or destruction, especially as a result of road construction projects. Successful restoration of ecosystems is made difficult by a lack of basic knowledge about the soil and hydrologic characteristics of different types of forested wetlands. The plant community composition of two forested wetlands types is described: bottomland hardwood communities and a coastal plain small stream swamp. The edaphic and hydrologic characteristics of each community type were also compared. Many researchers have suggested the construction of detailed water budgets to describe the hydrologic regimes of natural forested wetlands and for use in restoration projects. Although several soil and hydrologic characteristics were associated with variation in plant community composition, the results of this investigation suggest that using a particular flood frequency as a surrogate measure of several flood frequencies may be sufficient to explain this variation. Use of this information would simplify the reconstruction of appropriate hydrologic regimes in forested wetlands and perhaps increase the success of restoration projects.

scholarly journals Incorporation of mineral nitrogen into the soil food web as affected by plant community composition

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanja Strecker ◽  
Annette Jesch ◽  
Dörte Bachmann ◽  
Melissa Jüds ◽  
Kevin Karbstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Web ◽  
Community Composition ◽  
Plant Community ◽  
Mineral Nitrogen ◽  
Plant Community Composition ◽  
Soil Food Web

scholarly journals Plant community composition and species richness in the High Arctic tundra: From the present to the future

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (23) ◽  
pp. 10233-10242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Nabe-Nielsen ◽  
Signe Normand ◽  
Francis K. C. Hui ◽  
Laerke Stewart ◽  
Christian Bay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Community Composition ◽  
Plant Community ◽  
Arctic Tundra ◽  
High Arctic ◽  
Plant Community Composition ◽  
The Future
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