Wetlands Case Study

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

A wetland is a place with hydric soils that has been saturated by water for a minimum of 14 days during the growing season. Common names for a wetland are a swamp, bog, or marsh.

By the end of this report you should have a better perception on the geological landscape of Silver Creek Wetland Complex, and further in-depth knowledge on what stewardship responsibilities fall on you and your relationship with the land you use.

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.

Mangroves are trees and shrubs forming forests on the coastal wetlands, typically growing between saltmarsh and seagrass beds. Sydney Olympic park is the main habitat for the grey Mangrove and the planted river

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

In conclusion we should persevere wetland for the following reasons. They are beautiful lands that

Chesapeake Bay population growth many different species of plants in the watershed that it come from freshwater flow (Magnien 1992). The one species plant found in Chesapeake is Cattails plant; often it found specie in northern North America a variety in wetlands habitats like lake or river. (Bo Zhang 2010). Soil is mineral and organic fragment with water. The plants need all of these to healthy growth. When the space of ground between soil and water if these are quantity low or high the concentration of water for the plants. The research to compare Cattails in two different locations; one location had dry soil and second location had wet soil. This research to find which one is quantity for Cattails growth in dry or wet soils. The hypothesis

9) A diverse wetlands ecosystem would result from the preservation of non tidal habitats including seasonal ponds/sand flats and perennial brackish ponds.

What is the verifiable setting of wetlands? Wetlands are areas where water covers the earth, near the surface of the soil all through the whole year or in the midst of drawn out extends of time. Wetlands are secured by plants, running from lowland grasses to trees. These plants must have the ability to live in soil without oxygen in the midst of parts of the creating season. A couple of wetlands are far from immeasurable water. These are molded where water accumulates or where groundwater raises to the surface. Wetlands can be depicted as swamps, tidal lowlands, shoreline wetlands, and estuaries.

However, the Oxygen and pH levels are outside their healthy levels. As the level of dissolved oxygen in the water is lower then what is healthy, this can kill organisms that habituated the wetland. As well as the pH being higher than its healthy range, this can also kill organisms. The termination of these organisms can create devastating effects on the health of this environment by generating an imbalance in the ecosystem of the wetland. To ensure that the wetland remains an asset to the Canberra community, we must constantly observe the water quality in the wetland, and ensure that we are not polluting the wetland with air pollutants (NO2) and ensuring that the level of pH lowers from alkaline to be in the healthy range. (Urrbrae Wetland Learning Centre,

Floating treatment wetlands are a manmade ecosystem that mimic natural wetlands (David J. Sample, 2013) and are used to increase the water quality of lakes (SWCD, 2017). These floating wetlands can serve many task such as creating habitat for a variety of organisms, such as birds, can add to the aesthetic of the lake, recharge aquifers and can reduce large hydrologic loads from storm events (Lubnow, 2014). The main focus of the floating wetland and this project will be to act as a filter to remove certain pollutants primarily phosphorus and nitrogen which for Mattatall Lake has been over-run by excess phosphorus entering and settling within the lake. From these increased levels of total phosphorus as well as other factors has fuelled the growth

Cranberry Bogs had been developed on natural wetland areas. The bogs were formed around the margin of streams and ponds. Cranberries were one component of ecosystem. The commercial cultivation of the cranberry altered to the ecological diversity of the bog. The functional value of wetlands were recognized by environmental activists including physical and hydrologic properties such as flood protection, ground water recharge and erosion control, biological and biochemical functions and nutrient provision. Cranberry cultivation posed for developing wetland regulations. The cranberry was a native wetland plant. The impacts of cranberry production on the aesthetic and the intrinsic value of the wetland functions related to water quality and biodiversity. The studies undertaken by the growers and the Ocean Spray suggested that the cranberry bog was low in diversity. The cranberry growers protected large areas of land from urbanization. Cranberry Bog were the heart of a unique growing system that included wetlands, uplands, ditches, flumes, ponds and reservoirs. There were four acres of support land for every acre of cranberry bog. The entire Cranberry wetland system provided a diversity of habitat for many rare animal and plant species. Hence the government restricted the usage of bogs which were of high value to the environment. However, Cranberries had their best

4. Dried leaves were retrieved and weighed. The total tissue loss from initial weight before submersion until now was recorded. Class inputs data and a class mean and standard deviation of tissue loss/ day was gathered for both wetlands for each species

In this article it speaks about many different types of indicators that one could see in order to determine the ecological state of the wetland by my factors such as the biodiversity, pollution levels, the fauna and flora in the wetland. This relates to our wetland as we have a large biodiversity in our wetland with little pollution as well as plants such as reeds growing which indicate a healthy wetland. We also occasionally see a large variety of birds in our wetland therefore another indicator that our wetland is healthy.