Research Paper On Gwydir Wetlands

Baldwin swamp is an urban wetland, located in the heart of Bundaberg, providing a habitat to a range of organisms. The environment is rich in biodiversity; with more than 150 species of birds, variety of vegetation/plants as wells as creatures and mammals ranging from tiny aquatic wrigglers to bats, which have recently inhabited the area. Wetlands can be swamps, boys and or areas next to creeks. The Baldwin swamp can be best described as a network of ponds/swamps that channels into landscapes of grassland. This area has a significant ecological impact as the relationships among the organisms in relation to their food webs is vital to their survival. Abiotic factors such as humidity, soil, pollution, Ph levels, temperature, dissolved oxygen

Shrimptons Creek Parklands, located in the City or Ryde in the northern Suburbs of Sydney, comprises of seven parks that lie adjacent to Shrimptons Creek. The creek is approximately 3.3 kilometres in length, flowing in a north-south direction through the suburbs of Denistone East, Ryde and Macquarie Park. It is part of the Macquarie Park Catchment which flows through Lane Cove National Park into Lane Cove River. The park’s surroundings consists of low to medium density residential in single dwellings, commercial centres and business institutions.

Silver Creek Wetland Complex is a rare coastal wetland found along the eastern side of the Nottawasaga Bay Shoreline. It falls within the town boundary of the Town of Collingwood, which was formally a part of the Town of Blue Mountains. Because the area is a part of the greater Silver Creek Watershed, the marshy land is classified as a Schedule B Category 1 land under Environmental Protection as per the Official Plan of the Town of Collingwood. Blue Mountain Trust Watershed Practice monitors the watershed and the significant wetland is protected and maintained by Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority. The 2700 Ha watershed flows through the “Lake of Clouds” by Castle Glen, down the Niagara Escarpment, where the 160 Ha complex at the

Ecosystem is an important part of the environment and to protect the Australian native ecosystem many management plans are made to preserve it. Where the disruption occurred in the environment by human activities is not only the factor of worry, but also the exotic plants which are trying to take over the native species are a matter of concern too. The steps taken by humans to get rid of their own waste from the environment as well as the weeds, come under management plans. On the excursion to Buckley’s Hole, Godwin Beach, Red Beach and Melaleuca Wetland, it was observed that these areas come under the Buckley’s Hole Management Plan. Where the abiotic and biotic factors interact with each other and help in sustainability of better environment.

Similarly, the Melbourne wrap has been active (Gill, 1961) leading to different faults that have decided deposition and landscape formation in the south Gippsland region of eastern Victoria (Jenkin, 1976b).

The Okefenokee Swamp is one of the largest swamps in North America and is located in the south eastern part of Georgia.In the Okefenokee Swamp, things look about the same as it did a century ago. Scattered relics found there, remind us of the people who tried to conquer the swamp. The Okefenokee swamp is what it always has been, vast and unspoiled and overwhelming in its wildness. The swamps unfolds itself from miles and miles with no houses or roads or people. Nearly 700 square miles of wilderness. On a foggy morning there is a softness to the Okefenokee.The okefenokee, a black water swamp is one of the largest and most significant wetland complexes in the United States. The Okefenokee’s waters are clear but dark, stained a deep coffee color

Describing the Okefenokee Swamp are two very different passages. Both passages contain interesting ideas. However, one passage seems more statistical than the other. For example, passage 1 describes how big the entire place is. It basically gives you an overview of the entire place not just the swamp itself. Passage 2 describes exactly what is in the swamp. For example sentence 1 says, “Vast and primeval, unfathomable, unconquerable, bastion of cottonmouth, rattlesnake and leech, mother of vegetation, father of mosquito, soul of silt, the Okefenokee is the swamp archetypal, the swamp of legend, of racial memory, of Hollywood.” Yet, while describing what’s in the swamp area, the author gives off a feeling of suspense and then later in in the

At this moment, Louisiana is losing football fields worth of wetlands every hour all due to giant oil and gas companies. The oil and gas industry have been bidding for control over Louisiana’s wetlands so that they can engage in offshore exploration in the Gulf of Mexico. The wetlands were ground zero for where drilling started in Louisiana. These companies carved 10 000 miles of canals in search of oil and gas causing salt water to flow into fresh water marshes. The damaging effects are the deterioration of wetlands, coastal erosion and lack of fishing all due to industry activity. What’s even worse is that these marshes serve as a natural barrier from hurricanes, which Louisiana is susceptible to. The wetlands are the first line of defense

Figure 1: North East Victorian Catchment Land Use Retrieved from Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources (NEMCA,

Wetlands, natural waterbodies, constructed waterbodies, native vegetation area are protected area. The Sunshine Coast planning scheme map tile 40; parts of boundaries on site 1 had a remainder of vegetation area (appendix 6) for ranges of species and ecosystems not to be threaten. Therefore, it is important to protects and improve habitats for long term sustainability through ecosystems and avoid development to impacts on ecological connection within the area. Respect to the removal of materials from the site from environmental and indigenous representation further on the buffer zone located near Mooloolah River section 8.2.3.2.

According to the topographic map of Merri Creek in Clifton Hill( Figure 1), we can identified that the Merri Creek pass an inner plains. This sub-river flows about 60 km from the Great Dividing Range through the northern suburbs of Melbourne to the Yarra River. It is presents on the contour map that the highest elevation is 30 meters and the lowest is 20 meters. There also displayed that the Merri Creek as a boundary, the left hand and the right hand share the similar elevation hight. This kind of landform lead to the Merri Creek crossed by only a few small and weakly incised tributary streams.(Faithfull, n.d.) So this part can have various function, for instance, as a natural park, industrial zone or living area. Besides, the Merri Creek

When not many people go to this wetland because it is hidden in the middle of a camp and farmland. To find this place from Warm Beach Camp you would have to take many winding trails that might leave you lost if you weren't shown or told the way. Getting to the wetland from the street you go down a road called Soundview Dr and take a left on another road called beach drive. If you chose to drive, at the end of the road you can park at the gate on the lawn of a neighbor. Once going through the gate you are met by tons of beautiful foliage and nature. After hiking up a hill you come to a steep descent down a muddy hill, however, after the hill, you will get to continue in relaxed walking along somewhat of a level path. After walking for about 10 minutes you will com across a cross in the path, leading to four different destinations. To get to the wetlands you should take the path on the right, which will lead you out of the beautiful dark forest. Once you leave the forest you are greeted by the warmth of the sun and are visually amazed and the openness of the area. With taking the right path you would have arrived at your

Thomas Biebighauser is a wildlife biologist and wetland ecologist. He mostly discussed wetland drainage. Draining wetlands began when farmers tried to create farm land on piedmont hillsides. However, the farmers would lose soils from the water running down the hillside, causing gulleys to form at the bottom. The drainage of these wetlands became critical for the harvesting of crops. People began to dig ditches because a ditch eliminates standing water and lowers the elevation of groundwater. Farmers dug a ditch at the top of the mountain, called a diversion, and a ditch at the base of the mountain, called a stream. Farmers that wanted to farm remotely flat land could also dig ditches to drain wetlands. For example, a technique used was called

Wetland soils are extremely varied. They are found from the tropics to the subarctic. They can be seasonal or year-round, freshwater or saltwater, organic or mineral. The one thing that all of them have in common is that for at least part of the year they are saturated with water. This saturation has a significant impact on the soil's physics, chemistry, and biota. However, over the past century more than half of all the wetlands in the United States has been drained for agriculture and other uses such as construction. When the soils are drained the physics, chemistry, and biota are drastically changed. This paper is an attempt to

wetlands are defined as transitional land between terrestrial and aquatic systems where the water table is usually at or near the surface or the land is covered by shallow water. (Cowardin et al.,1979).Wetlands are one of the most productive life support systems in the world characterized with waterlogged soils and recognized for their unique role in regulating global biogeochemical cycles (Reddy and DeLaune, 2008). In the context of global biogeochemical budgets, it is the carbon (C) cycle that wetlands influence the most. carbon density of wetlands are higher among all other ecosystems due to its high productivity and slow decomposition rates, (Kayranli et al., 2010 ).