Restoration
of Forested Wetlands
Restoration
of wetland and riparian ecosystems within wetland landscapes requires
new or improved technologies, reference system models, and reliable
indicators of restoration success and ecosystem health.
This
work is focused on developing sound methods and reliable measures
of wetland structure and function that can be used to plan restorations
and to assess whether a restored wetland will achieve the desired
objectives. Coastal Plain wetland types differ in their hydrologic
and ecological properties, therefore system-specific approaches
are required. It is also important to identify reference wetland
systems and understand their structure and dynamics, as a basis
for evaluating the performance of restored wetlands.
The
principal areas of research include:
- Determining biotic and
abiotic conditions, processes, pathways, and interactions that
influence restoration success.
- Determining the effects of restoration
and management prescriptions on wetland-dependent faunal communities
and habitats.
- Developing
working models for implementing wetland restoration prescriptions
and assessment models to determine restoration success.
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