Factors affecting coastal wetland loss and restoration
Chapter 12. ISBN 978-1-4113-2021-5 PDF on file: 6908_Cahoon.pdf
Edited by: S.W. Phillips
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Abstract
Opening paragraph: Tidal and nontidal wetlands in the Chesapeake Bay watershed provide vital hydrologic, water-quality, and ecological functions. Situated at the interface of land and water, these valuable habitats are vulnerable to alteration and loss by human activities including direct conversion to non-wetland habitat by dredge-and-fill activities from land development, and to the effects of excessive nutrients, altered hydrology and runoff, contaminants, prescribed fire management, and invasive species. Processes such as sea-level rise and climate change also impact wetlands. Although local, State, and Federal regulations provide for protection of wetland resources, the conversion and loss of wetland habitats continue in the Bay watershed. Given the critical values of wetlands, the Chesapeake 2000 Agreement has a goal to achieve a net gain in wetlands by restoring 25,000 acres of tidal and nontidal wetlands by 2010. The USGS has synthesized findings on three topics: (1) sea-level rise and wetland loss, (2) wetland restoration, and (3) factors affecting wetland diversity.
Suggested Citation
Cahoon, D.R., 2007, Factors affecting coastal wetland loss and restoration, chap. of Synthesis of U.S. Geological Survey science for the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and implications for environmental management, p. 50-53.
| Publication type | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Book Chapter |
| Title | Factors affecting coastal wetland loss and restoration |
| Series number | 1316 |
| Year Published | 2007 |
| Language | English |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 63 |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Other Government Series |
| Larger Work Title | Synthesis of U.S. Geological Survey science for the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and implications for environmental management |
| First page | 50 |
| Last page | 53 |