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- Title
How sedge meadow soils, microtopography, and vegetation respond to sedimentation.
- Authors
WERNER, KATHERINE J.; ZEDLER, JOY B.
- Abstract
Focuses on the expansion of urban and agricultural activities in watersheds of the Midwestern USA resulting in the conversion of species-rich sedge meadows to stands of Phalaris arundinacea and Typha spp. Role of sediment accumulation in this process based on field surveys of three sedge meadows dominated by Carex stricta, their adjacent Phalaris or Typha stands, and transitions from Carex to these invasive species; Findings suggest the alluvium overlying the sedge meadow soil had a smaller proportion of organic matter content and higher dry bulk density than the buried histic materials; Conclusion indicating that sedimentation contributes to the loss of native species in remnant wetlands.
- Subjects
CAREX; WATERSHEDS; REED canary grass; TYPHA; SEDIMENTATION &; deposition; ALLUVIUM
- Publication
Wetlands, 2002, Vol 22, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0277-5212
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1672/0277-5212(2002)022[0451:HSMSMA]2.0.CO;2