Structural and functional vegetation development in created and restored wetland mitigation banks of different ages

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue , 2012, Pages 104-112

  Stefanik, Kay C ^a   Mitsch, William J ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergent macrophytes; Floristic quality assessment index; Mitigation bank wetlands; Olentangy River Wetland Research Park; Vegetation structure and function; Wetland creation and restoration

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; COMMUNITY DIVERSITY; DIVERSITY INDEX; DOMINANT SPECIES; FLORISTIC QUALITY ASSESSMENT INDEX; FUNCTIONAL ATTRIBUTE; GROUP COMPOSITION; MACROPHYTES; OHIO WETLANDS; OLENTANGY RIVER WETLAND RESEARCH PARK; QUALITY ASSESSMENT INDEX; REFERENCE SITES; REFERENCE WETLANDS; RESTORED WETLANDS; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WETLAND MITIGATION;

FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; RESTORATION; VEGETATION;

WETLANDS;

BIOMASS; DIVERSITY INDEX; FLORISTICS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT CREATION; MACROPHYTE; MITIGATION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESEARCH WORK; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER BANK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WETLAND;

OHIO; OLENTANGY RIVER WETLAND RESEARCH PARK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84255163296     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.11.016     Document Type: Article

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