Plant community development after six growing seasons in the two experimental wetland basins
Year: 2004
Type: report
Abstract: Since 1994, we have been monitoring the plant cover and species richness in the two experimental basins at the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park (ORWRP). In May 1994, Wetland 1 was planted with 2,400 individuals of 13 species of native wetland plants while Wetland 2 was left unplanted as a control (Mitsch et al., 1998). The hypothesis regarding these basins was that “planted and unplanted basin will be similar in function in the beginning, diverge in function during the middle years and ultimately converge in structure and function” (Mitsch et al., 1998). This paper presents interpretation of aerial photography at the ORWRP in October 2000, the end of the seventh growing season for these basins. The first six years are summarized by Mitsch et al. (2000). The objective was to determine the spatial patterns of plant communities within the two wetlands and to determine if convergence is occurring or if divergence, as noted in 1999, continues to occur.
Authors: William J. Mitsch, Li Zhang
Language: English
Subfield: Nature and Landscape Conservation
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1497473867