Texas Bottomland Wetlands

A fourth type of ecosystem is the coastal prairie. Coastal prairies are found along the gulf coast

The wetlands does only help the wildlife and humans it helps from damaging property, Now you think I'm crazy but I'm not ok, now listen, wetland can help us by storm like hurricanes', floods, and many more. Take for example, in New Orleans, Louisiana, has suffered extremely consequence of the hurricane Katrina, one of the most powerful hurricane in the entire untied states history. Scientist believe that hurricane would did less damage if they had more wetlands, but in the 1800's they destroy the wetlands for more land and because the mosquitos that cause the yellow

A major function of wetlands is that they naturally clean the table waters. With the use of microorganisms it is possible to naturally clean the water supply much better than many water purification plants. A benefit of purifying water with the use of wetlands is that not only does it save the taxpayers money but it also saves the environment from the pollution that a water purification plant would produce. Another function of wetlands is its storage ability. In the event of a large storm or heavy rain wetlands can store the floodwaters so that they do not over run the near by area. To reduce the effects of flooding wetlands are able to store "stormwater and gradually returning it to surface flow, reducing the effects of erosion by stabilizing soils, and dampening the effects of wave action". M. Dennison et.al. 1993. Wetlands also provide a feeding ground and habitat to many fish, waterfowl and other wildlife. Many endangered birds nest and breed on the shores of wetlands and these habitats are crucial for their survival. The destruction of wetlands has become a major problem, especially in California.

The availability of food, water, shelter, and space varies among the different habitats in both survey areas. Young forests, mature forests, open areas, and wetlands all had different factors that affected the total population, total number of species, and species diversity of birds. To begin with, young forests in both Idlewood and Tyler State Park were most populous and had the highest number of different species in comparison to the other habitats. Since young forests have an open canopy, sunlight is available and allows of growth of fast growing trees and shrubs and the availability of the vegetation provides more birds with food and shelter. Mature forests have a closed canopy which provides birds with a shelter from environmental factors such as rain and from

The Delta Wetlands is marsh that has soft mushy soil. The river deposits the dirt into the Delta Wetland making it larger. Thanks to the Delta Wetlands there is two smaller streams. The Delta wetlands are located on southeast part of Boomtown. The marsh has soft mushy soil making it hard to build on. And if they need to build there they will have to drain all the water in the large marsh.

The purpose of this report is to inform the Federal Government on the current management of Boondall Wetlands and whether it should change in management. Boondall Wetlands is an important site to be protected because they provide a habitable environment for the marine life and plant species. Ecosystems not only provide services to marine life, but also the human population by supplying fresh water and food, climate change mitigation and control floods, erosion and other storm surges. All ecosystems are crucial for the worlds adaptation to the new global warming and climate change

Many of these cases can be seen as trying to define wetlands instead of creating an attitude toward saving wetlands. He also goes further and ask just because one wetland is not under federal protection or may classify as less valuable, does that automatically qualify for destruction or is there enough intrinsic value in order to protect the area? Beck encompasses this issue at the end of this article and suggests creating a program that focuses on preservation regardless of

Passive measures such as removing whatever component(s) may be damaging the wetlands may then allow them to reestablish themselves without further human assistance. This type of restoration is only viable if the outside element of harm is able to be stopped and if the wetland has not been so far degraded that the land cannot restore itself (Habitat NOAA, 2015). The second measure is through active means such as topography changes, water flow adjustment, removal of non-native species, and reintroduction of native species (Habitat NOAA, 2015). There is also the option to build new wetlands where they have not been present in the past. This can be accomplished both through large scale construction of wetlands including native species and plants, but can also include the placement of permeable structures build with materials that mimic the roots of trees and other vegetation present in wetlands such as mangroves (Tonneijck & van Wesenbeeck & Spaulding, 2013). This can allow sediment to settle in these areas which can allow colonization by wetland vegetation. This can also be used as a more passive means of reconstruction of degraded wetlands as

There are many biotic features of the wetlands and these include the Pampas grass, the elm (both of these are seriously terrestrial weed species). There are also other varying biotic factors such as the diversity and quantity of the plants and animals found there. (Tpwd.texas.gov)

In this paper I will conduct research on the Bolsa Chica Wetlands that are located in an area of lowlands in Orange County California, adjacent to the city of Huntington Beach. The area is managed by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), whose mission is to” protect and enhance; migratory shorebird, seabird, waterfowl overwintering habitat; protect natural habitat for shorebirds and seabirds; protect nesting and foraging conditions for threatened or endangered species” The Bolsa Chica Conservancy (BCC) is a local volunteer organization that assists in maintaining the area. Its goals are to ensure the preservation, restoration, and enhancement of the area (2010). This

A lot of human actions lead to this wetland change such as developing urban area, tilling

The physical structures of wetlands are shaped by geomorphological processes, which involve the movement of mass and fault movement.The Gwydir Wetlands are part of a wider area of wetlands which originally covered over 200,000 ha but has been reduced to just over 100,000 ha in the upper parts of the Murray-Darling Basin.They are the most significant inland wetlands systems in New South Wales.When flooded they form an important site for breeding waterbirds

The Earth Processes that occur in the Delta Wetlands are Erosion and Deposition. The source of water in the Delta Wetlands is a large area of water which was made by water streaming from a river, this is called an Ocean. The flood risk in the Delta Wetlands is very high because of the big area of water, known as the East Bay. In the Sea Side Cliff water is constantly running into the area so that makes the flood risk higher. The Delta Wetlands eroded when the waves of the East Bay kept pushing up against the ground around it’s edges.

A wetland is hard to define. Depending on the resource used, there could be up to four different definitions for a wetland (10). However, Cowardin probably gives the most comprehensive definition or requirements of a wetland (10). First, a wetland is defined as being in transition between a terrestrial and an aquatic system. The water table is near the surface of the wetland or the land is covered by shallow water. Also, a wetland must meet at least one of three additional criteria: the land supports predominantly hydrophytes, the substrate is predominantly undrained such as hydric soil, and if the substrate is not soil, it is saturated with water or covered by shallow water at some time during the growing season (10, 11).

The change of wetland from being vegetated to upland or drained areas, wetlands without vegetation, or submerged habitats is described as wetland loss (Bristch and Dunmbar 1993). Wetlands are defined by hydrology (Tiner 2009), any alteration of this hydrology affects the integrity of wetlands (Zedler 2005). Floodplains that are cut off from river sources cease to be considered as wetlands because they fail to flood (Zedler 2005). This loss of flooding as seen in Louisiana coastal marshes leads to reduced