Impact of adjacent land use and isolation on marsh bird communities
Over the next half century the human population is expected to grow rapidly, resulting in the conversion of rural areas into cities. Wetlands in these regions are there- fore under threat, even though they have important eco- system services and functions. Many obligate marsh
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Comparative study of ecological indices for assessing human-induced disturbance in coastal wetlands of the Laurentian Great Lakes
Several ecological indices have been developed to evaluate the wetland quality in the Laurentian Great Lakes. One index, the water quality index (WQI) can be widely applied to wetlands and produces accurate measurements of wetland condition. The WQI measures the degree of water
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Coastal wetlands of Fathom Five National Marine Park: Biodiversity Values and Threats
Although the coast of Fathom Five National Marine Park (FFNMP) is mostly exposed and rocky, coastal wetlands have established in the few protected bays within the park. In the regional context, these coastal wetlands are highly productive and biologically rich areas. A
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Wetlands Status and Trends – for Coastal Wetlands
An estimate of current coastal wetlands along the shores of the southern Great Lakes (Ontario and Erie) and their connecting channels (St. Clair, Niagara, Detroit, St. Lawrence) is over 70,000 ha (Ingram et al. 2005). However, coastal wetland losses have been severe since
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Use and development of the Wetland Macrophyte Index to detect water quality impairment in fish habitat of Great Lakes coastal marshes
Indices have been developed with invertebrates, fish, and water quality parameters to detect the impact of human disturbance on coastal wetlands, but a macrophyte index of fish habitat for the Great Lakes does not currently exist. Because wetland macrophytes are directly
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