The Center for Forested Wetlands Research is an interdisciplinary unit whose program is designed to develop, quantify and synthesize ecological information needed to sustainably manage and restore the structure, function and productivity of wetland-dominated forested landscapes. The Center is an integral component of the Forest Watershed Science Unit (RWU-4353) within the Southern Research Station’s Watershed Science Program.
The Center's work is conducted under the basic tenets of forest sustainability, and is intended to provide the data and tools necessary for managing forested wetland landscapes to sustain ecosystem functions, goods, and services for future generations. Specific applications are focused on issues associated with climate change, carbon cycling, bioenergy and landscape functions. The relevance of the research is regional, national, and international, although it is derived primarily from work in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States.
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Wetland Silviculture and Water Tables
Water tables are everywhere, but their levels fluctuate – especially in the poorly drained clay soils of coastal South Carolina. Topography also affects water tables, and forested wetlands in the Coastal Plain tend to be flat. “They respond rapidly to rainfall and evapotranspiration,” says Devendra Amatya, a USDA Forest Service research hydrologist.
Latest Publications
- A daily water table depth computing model for poorly drained soils
Amatya, Devendra M.; Fialkowski, Marcin ; Bitner, Agnieszka - Comparison of hydrology of two Atlantic Coastal Plain forests
Amatya, Devendra M.; Williams, Thomas M.; Nettles, Jami E.; Skaggs, Richard W.; Trettin, Carl C. - Long-term water Table dynamics of forested wetlands: Drivers and their effects on wetland hydrology in the southeastern Atlantic Coastal Plain
Amatya, D. M.; Chescheir, G. M.; Williams, T. M.; Skaggs, R. W.; Tian, S. - Water conflict management and cooperation between Afghanistan and Pakistan
Atef, Said Shakib; Sadeqinazhad, Fahima ; Farjaad, Faisal ; Amatya, Devendra M. - Not just urban: The formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus, is invading forests in the Southeastern USA
Evans, Theodore A.; Forschler, Brian T.; Trettin, Carl C.