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Nyarko, Benjamin Kofi. "Wetland River Flow Interaction in a Sedimentary Formation of the White Volta Basin of Ghana." Earth Science Research 9, no. 1 (January 4, 2020): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/esr.v9n1p15.

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Groundwater resources in the floodplain wetlands of the White Volta River basin of Ghana is a major source of water for irrigation activities of communities living around and baseflow to sustain the flow of the river. Hydrology of the floodplain wetlands in the basin is complex, characterized by temporally variable storage volumes with erratic contribution to streamflow. For the continual usage of groundwater resources in the floodplains there is a need to study the form of interaction between the main river and floodplain wetlands. The study, adopted the PM-WIN (MODFLOW) model for simulating the interaction between the wetland and stream. Additionally, the lower boundary discharge output from the HYDRUS-1D model is the estimated recharge. This input quantifies the temporal and spatial variations in sub-surfaces discharges in the floodplain wetland. The simulation of the sub-surface hydraulic head of the wetland indicates a systematic variation relative to the White Volta River response to changes in the rainfall pattern. The interaction conditions vary from season to season with March, April, and May showing the least leakage (estimated values of 0.03 mm/day, 0.06 mm/day, and 0.15 mm/day, respectively) from the river into the floodplain wetland. Notably, the interaction between the wetland and the river as simulated is bidirectional. With most of the flow coming out from the river into the floodplain wetland, this condition persists in the months of August and September.
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Fu, Yunmei, Yanhui Dong, Yueqing Xie, Zhifang Xu, and Liheng Wang. "Impacts of Regional Groundwater Flow and River Fluctuation on Floodplain Wetlands in the Middle Reach of the Yellow River." Water 12, no. 7 (July 6, 2020): 1922. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12071922.

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Floodplain wetlands are of great importance in the entire river and floodplain ecosystems. Understanding the hydrological processes of floodplain wetlands is fundamental to study the changes in wetlands caused by climate change and human activities. In this study, floodplain wetlands along the middle reach of the Yellow River were selected as a study area. The hydrological processes and the interactions between the river and the underlying aquifer were investigated by combining remote sensing, hydraulic monitoring, and numerical modeling. Wetland areas from 2014 to 2019 were extracted from Landsat 8 remote sensing images, and their correlation with the river runoff was analyzed. The results indicate that the river flow had a limited impact on the wetland size and so did groundwater levels, due to the strong reliance of wetland vegetation on water levels. Based on hydrological and hydrogeological conditions, a surface water–groundwater coupled numerical model was established. The comparison and correlation analysis between the monitored groundwater head and the simulated river stage also show that river flow did not play a first-order role in controlling the groundwater levels of wetlands in the study area. The simulation results also suggest that it is the regional groundwater flow that mainly sustains shallow groundwater of floodplain wetlands in the study area. The floodplain wetland of the study area was dynamic zones between the regional groundwater and river, the contrasting pattern of hydrological regimes on both banks of the Yellow River was due to a combination of regional groundwater flow and topography.
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Frazier, Paul, and Ken Page. "The effect of river regulation on floodplain wetland inundation, Murrumbidgee River, Australia." Marine and Freshwater Research 57, no. 2 (2006): 133. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf05089.

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River regulation by headwater dams has altered the flow regime of rivers worldwide. For floodplain rivers, reduced connectivity between the main channel and floodplain wetlands has led to a decline in ecological health. Current river restoration theory advocates a return towards a more natural regime of floodplain wetland inundation. However, for many rivers, a poor understanding of the natural floodplain wetland inundation regime has hampered effective restoration management. This paper describes a technique for quantifying the effect of flow regulation on the inundation regime of floodplain wetlands on an extended reach of the Murrumbidgee River, Australia. A series of Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) images, captured before and after a set of floods, was analysed to describe the relationship between flow and inundation for a 640 km river reach. These data were combined with historical regulated and modelled natural daily flow data to show that river regulation has reduced the duration and frequency of wetland inundation by ~40%. For the majority of wetlands the capture of small and medium floods in the headwater dams reduced wetland inundation substantially. However, for low connecting wetlands in reaches upstream of the main irrigation off-takes, summer irrigation flows have increased inundation.
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Ralph, Timothy J., Paul P. Hesse, and Tsuyoshi Kobayashi. "Wandering wetlands: spatial patterns of historical channel and floodplain change in the Ramsar-listed Macquarie Marshes, Australia." Marine and Freshwater Research 67, no. 6 (2016): 782. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf14251.

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In the context of static conservation reserves, dynamic fluvial processes and patterns of river channel and floodplain change are problematic for environmental management. Floodplain wetlands that evolve by erosion and sedimentation experience changes in the location and extent of channels and wetlands regardless of conservation reserve boundaries. We describe historical channel and floodplain change in an Australian wetland of international ecological significance, the southern Macquarie Marshes, and synthesise the role of avulsion in wetlands that move laterally on the broader floodplain. Avulsion has shifted the foci of flooding and areas of aquatic habitat in the system over the last century. By ~1925, active wetlands surrounding the Old Macquarie River and the original conservation area contracted around Monkeygar Creek within the present nature reserve, and the boundary of this reserve has changed little since the 1940s. Ecological changes associated with continued wetland desiccation in the reserve triggered a recent Ramsar Article 3.2 notification for the Macquarie Marshes, prompting management responses from government agencies. Fluvial morphodynamics and their impacts on wetland ecology should be specifically recognised and integrated with adaptive management plans to combine new findings with lessons learned from previous intervention strategies for the long-term ecological sustainability of floodplain wetlands.
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Chomba, Innocent C., Kawawa E. Banda, Hessel C. Winsemius, Machaya J. Chomba, Mulema Mataa, Victoria Ngwenya, Henry M. Sichingabula, Imasiku A. Nyambe, and Bruce Ellender. "A Review of Coupled Hydrologic-Hydraulic Models for Floodplain Assessments in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges for Floodplain Wetland Management." Hydrology 8, no. 1 (March 11, 2021): 44. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/hydrology8010044.

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Floodplain wetlands are a fundamental part of the African continent’s ecosystem and serve as habitat for fish and wildlife species, biodiversity, and micro-organisms that support life. It is generally recognised that wetlands are and remain fragile ecosystems that should be subject to sustainable conservation and management through the use of sustainable tools. In this paper, we propose a synthesis of the state of art concerning coupled hydrologic and hydraulic models for floodplains assessments in Africa. Case studies reviewed in this paper have pointed out the potential of applying coupled hydrologic and hydraulic models and the opportunities present to be used in Africa especially for data scarce and large basin for floodplain assessments through the use of available open access models, coupling frameworks and remotely sensed datasets. To our knowledge this is the first case study review of this kind on this topic. A Hydrological model coupled with Hydraulic Model of the floodplain provides improvements in floodplain model simulations and hence better information for floodplain management. Consequently, this would lead to improved decision-making and planning of adaption and mitigation measures for sound floodplain wetland management plans and programmes especially with the advent of climate change and variability.
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Jensen, Anne, Clare Nicolson, and Jason Carter. "Preservation and Management of Natural Wetlands in the South Australian Murray Valley." Water Science and Technology 29, no. 4 (February 1, 1994): 325–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1994.0217.

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The impact of river regulation has been to reduce flood frequencies on the Murray floodplain below Mildura. The lower frequency of inundation of wetlands reduces the number of successful breeding and regeneration events in floodplain biota, causing a decline in the health and vigour of many floodplain plants and animals. The potential for rehabilitation of floodplain wetlands through increased flushing flows has been demonstrated. The ultimate aim is to enhance habitat value and achieve maximum biodiversity. Future opportunities are identified for hydrological manipulation within river operating strategies to extend beneficial management on a floodplain scale to improve wetland habitat. These can be combined with rehabilitation techniques such as specific water allocations, grazing controls and physical works on individual wetlands to ensure preservation and sustainable management of natural wetlands along the South Australian Murray Valley. Results so far indicate that successful restoration of the wetlands will take a number of flushing events and will be dependent primarily on the acceleration and protection of natural regeneration processes.
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Nafikova, Elvira, Dmitry Alexandrov, Anastasia Platonova, Kamila Gayanova, and Kamilla Chuvashaeva. "Depletion of the floodplain-channel complex of the river (Belaya river, Republic of Bashkortostan)." E3S Web of Conferences 244 (2021): 01012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202124401012.

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The article presents a comprehensive assessment of the geoecological risk of the Belaya River floodplain (Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia). The risk assessment of the floodplain-channel complex includes the risk of depletion by the plant species composition and the risk of depletion of the ecological and hydrological states. Geographic information maps of the floodplain were compiled for vegetation and floodplain forests and wetlands. The extent of forest cover was chosen as an indicator of the floodplain’s resilience to the risk of depletion and decline. The calculation of the risk of depletion of floodplains based on the ecological and hydrological state was carried out taking into account the changes in floodplain areas over the past 10 years, data on the catchment of ground and surface waters, “sealed” areas and the annual average discharge. The assessment and zoning of the river floodplain territory was carried out according to the proposed method.
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Li, Heying, Jiayao Wang, Jianchen Zhang, Fen Qin, Jiyuan Hu, and Zheng Zhou. "Analysis of Characteristics and Driving Factors of Wetland Landscape Pattern Change in Henan Province from 1980 to 2015." Land 10, no. 6 (May 27, 2021): 564. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10060564.

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The study of the temporal and spatial evolution of wetland landscapes and its driving factors is an important reference for wetland ecological restoration and protection. This article utilized seven periods of land use data in Henan Province from 1980 to 2015 to extract the spatial distribution characteristics of wetlands and analyze the temporal and spatial changes of wetlands in Henan Province. Transfer matrix, landscape metrics, correlation analysis, and redundancy analysis were applied to calculate and analyze the transformation types and area of wetland resources between all consecutive periods, and then the main driving factors of wetland expansion/contraction were explored. First, the total wetland area in Henan Province increased by 28% from 1980 to 2015, and the increased wetland area was mainly constructed wetlands, including paddy field, reservoir and pond, and canal. Natural wetlands such as marsh, lake, and floodplain decreased by 74%. Marsh area declined the most during 1990–1995, and was mainly transformed into floodplain and “Others” because of agricultural reclamation, low precipitation, and low Yellow River runoff. The floodplain area dropped the most from 2005 to 2010, mainly converted to canals and “Others” because of reclamation, exploitation of groundwater, the construction of the South–to–North Water Transfer Project, and recreational land development. Second, the results of correlation analysis and redundancy analysis indicated that economic factors were positively correlated with the area of some constructed wetlands and negatively correlated with the area of some natural wetlands. Socioeconomic development was the main driving factors for changes in wetland types. The proportion of wetland habitat in Henan Province in 2015 was only 0.3%, which is low compared to the Chinese average of 2.7%. The government should pay more attention to the restoration of natural wetlands in Henan Province.
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Singh, Manudeo, and Rajiv Sinha. "Integrating Hydrological Connectivity in a Process–Response Framework for Restoration and Monitoring Prioritisation of Floodplain Wetlands in the Ramganga Basin, India." Water 14, no. 21 (November 3, 2022): 3520. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w14213520.

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Floodplain wetlands are critical for sustaining various ecological and hydrological functions in a riverine environment. Severe anthropogenic alterations and human occupation of floodplains have threatened these wetlands in several parts of the world. A major handicap in designing sustainable restoration and monitoring strategies for these wetlands is the lack of scientific process-based understanding and information on the basin-scale controls of their degradation. Here, we offer a novel approach to integrate the connectivity of the wetlands with the surrounding landscape along with other attributes such as stream density, hydrometeorological parameters, and groundwater dynamics to explain their degradation and then to prioritise them for restoration and monitoring. We hypothesise that the best possible connectivity scenario for the existence of a wetland would be if (a) the wetland has a high connectivity with its upslope area, and (b) the wetland has a low connectivity with its downslope region. The first condition ensures the flow of water into the wetland and the second condition allows longer water residence time in the wetland. Accordingly, we define four connectivity-based wetland health scenarios—good, no impact, bad, and worst. We have implemented the proposed method in 3226 wetlands in the Ramganga Basin in north India. Further, we have applied specific selection criteria, such as distance from the nearest stream and stream density, to prioritise the wetlands for restoration and monitoring. We conclude that the connectivity analysis offers a quick process-based assessment of wetlands’ health status and serves as an important criterion to prioritise the wetlands for developing appropriate management strategies.
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Zhang, Yihao, Jianzhong Yan, Xian Cheng, and Xinjun He. "Wetland Changes and Their Relation to Climate Change in the Pumqu Basin, Tibetan Plateau." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 5 (March 7, 2021): 2682. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052682.

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Wetland ecosystems play one of the most crucial roles in the world. Wetlands have the functions of ecological water storage, water supply, and climate regulation, which plays an indispensable role in global environmental security. The Pumqu River Basin (PRB) is located in an area with extremely vulnerable ecological environment, where climate change is obvious. Understanding wetland distribution, changes and causes in the PRB are of great importance to the rational management and protection of wetlands. Using the Landsat series satellite images, wetlands of this area in 2000, 2010, and 2018 were extracted. The results showed that (1) there were obvious regional differences in wetland types and their distribution patterns in the basin. Wetlands were mainly distributed in areas with slopes less than 12° and at elevations between 4000 m and 5500 m. (2) During the past 20 years, the wetland area in the basin decreased, and the changing trend of wetlands was different. Palustrine wetlands decreased tremendously, riverine and lacustrine wetlands first decreased and then increased, while floodplain wetlands first increased and then decreased. Palustrine wetlands were reclaimed to cultivated land, but the proportion of reclamation is small. (3) Climate dominated wetland changes in the PRB. The changes in riverine and lacustrine wetlands were mainly affected by the warm-season average temperature, the change in palustrine wetlands was mainly related to the annual precipitation and the warm-season average temperature, and the change in floodplain wetlands was related to the warm-season precipitation. To achieve sustainable development, the government plays a guiding role and actively formulates and implements wetland protection policies, such as restricting or prohibiting grazing on wetlands, which play an important role in wetland protection and restoration.
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Estrup, Andersen Hans. "Hydrology, nutrient processes and vegetation in floodplain wetlands." Copenhagen : Den kgl. Veterinær- og Landbohøjskole, 2002. http://www2.dmu.dk/1_viden/2_Publikationer/3_Ovrige/rapporter/Phd_HEA.pdf.

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Musgrave, Heather. "Water sources to floodplain wetlands in the Lambourn catchment." Thesis, Open University, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.437771.

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Ludwig, Andrea L. "Constructed Floodplain Wetland Effectiveness for Stormwater Management." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28460.

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A 0.2-hectare wetland was constructed in the floodplain of Opequon Creek in Northern Virginia as a best management practice (BMP) for stormwater management. The research goals were to 1) determine if wetland hydrology existed and quantify the role of groundwater exchange in the constructed wetland (CW) water budget, 2) estimate wetland hydraulic characteristics during overbank flows, and 3) quantify the event-scale nutrient assimilative capacity of the constructed wetland. CW water table elevations and hydraulic gradients were measured through an array of nested piezometers. During controlled flooding events, stream water was pumped from the creek and amended with nutrients and a conservative tracer in two seasons to determine hydraulic characteristics and nutrient reduction. Samples were collected at the inlet, outlet structure, and at three locations along three transects along the wetland flowpath. Water table elevation monitoring demonstrated that wetland hydrology existed on the site. The mean residence time of the wetland was found to be 100 min for flow-rates of 4.25-5.1 m3/min. Residence time distributions of the high and low marsh features identified a considerable degree of flow dispersion. Manningâ s n varied between macrotopographic features and was significantly higher in the spring event as compared to the fall event, likely due to the presence of rigid-stem vegetation. Average wetland n was 0.62. Total suspended solid concentrations decreased with increasing residence time during both experiments. Mass reduction of pollutants were 73% total suspended solids (TSS), 54% ammonia-nitrogen (NH3-N), 16% nitrate-N (NO3-N), 16% total nitrogen (TN), 23% orthophosphate-phosphorus (PO4-P), and 37% total P (TP) in the fall, and 69% TSS, 58% NH3-N, 7% NO3-N, 22% TN, 8% PO4-P, and 25% TP in the spring. Linear regression of mass flux over the event hydrograph was used to determine pollutant removal rates between the wetland inlet and outlet. Pollutant removal rates were determined through linear regression of mass flux and were higher in the spring event than in the fall. Dissolved nitrogen species were more rapidly removed than dissolved phosphorus. TSS, TP, and TN removal were greater and faster than dissolved nutrient species, suggesting that physical settling was the dominant removal mechanism for stormwater pollutants.
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Grulkowski, Darin. "MACROINVERTEBRATE AND HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS IN A REHABILITATED ILLINOIS RIVER FLOODPLAIN: SWAN LAKE, ILLINOIS." OpenSIUC, 2010. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/314.

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Anthropogenic impacts have degraded the function of many large river-floodplain ecosystems. Habitat rehabilitation/management, in the form of water level management, often emphasize the promotion of wetland vegetation. Wetland management is believed to enhance macroinvertebrate populations. To test this assumption, I evaluated macroinvertebrate response to habitat rehabilitation, habitat type, and vegetation density in Swan Lake, an Illinois River floodplain lake located in Calhoun County, Illinois. Results indicated wetland rehabilitation generally enhanced macroinvertebrate availability for spring migrating waterfowl. Results comparing habitats available at Swan Lake indicated moist soil habitats provided greater abundance and biomass of water column macroinvertebrates in the fall season, while spring was more variable. In addition, benthic macroinvertebrate communities indicated inconsistent differences between habitat types. Fall estimates indicated inundation can be an effective mechanism for controlling the timing of water column macroinvertebrate colonization. Vegetation manipulations did not consistently impact macroinvertebrate taxonomic and functional groups, but results indicated some specific taxonomic groups were influenced by vegetation presence/absence and were correlated (positively or negatively) with coarse organic matter. This research supported the principle that management of habitat and hydrologic regime can be effective tools for improving macroinvertebrate populations in order to optimize nutritional resources for waterfowl.
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Zapf, Jeff. "A watershed approach to decrease flooding of Pipe creek in Alexandria, Indiana." Virtual Press, 1996. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1020171.

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This project explores one method of controlling flooding of Pipe Creek in Alexandria, Indiana. The method used is one of placing wetlands and grass filters within one subwatershed of Pipe Creek to reduce peak discharge and the time to peak discharge. A computer program called Sedimot II was used to determine the peak discharge for the Thurston Ditch subwatershed of Pipe Creek. Both 10 and 50 year 24 hour storms were studied. Following the construction of base line hydrographs for both storm events, four examples of wetland and grass filter placement were shown for the watershed. Hydrographs were then produced for all four alternatives for both 10 and 50 year storms. Recommendations were then made on how these examples could be used in the rest of the Pipe Creek watershed to further reduce the potential for flooding in Alexandria.
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Jarvis, Stephanie. "Thecamoebians as an environmental proxy for the Middle Mississippi River floodplain." OpenSIUC, 2014. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1566.

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Thecamoebian tests from recent lacustrine sediments have been shown to be a useful proxy to study environmental changes such as land-use changes, pollution, and climate shifts. In this study, the usefulness of thecamoebians as an environmental proxy for the Middle Mississippi River (MMR) floodplain is explored. Sediment cores and surface samples were collected from two sites in Alexander County, IL: Southern Illinois University's (SIU) MMR Wetland Field Station near East Cape Girardeau, IL and Horseshoe Lake, a dammed oxbow managed by the IL Department of Natural Resources (DNR), near Olive Branch, IL. These sites represent different floodplain environments, management histories, and flooding patterns. The thecamoebian populations were expected to reflect these differences while also responding to regional signals associated with development, agriculture, and climate. Cores were subsampled at a 5cm interval and all samples were sieved with 150μm and 45μm screens to retain thecamoebian tests. Sieved sediment was examined under a microscope and at least 100 tests were identified in each sample. Pre- and post-land clearing assemblages are recognized at each site, primarily by the increased abundance of the eutrophic-indicating species Cucurbitella tricuspis. Additionally, grab samples collected from the wetlands site during the spring indicate that the site may be influenced by road salt runoff in addition to agricultural activity. These results suggest that thecamoebians are a useful land-use change proxy and more research is needed to better understand the environmental conditions influencing assemblages.
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Burghof, Sonja [Verfasser]. "Hydrogeology and water quality of wetlands in East Africa : case studies of a floodplain and a valley bottom wetland / Sonja Burghof." Bonn : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1149154314/34.

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Horton, Kimberly. "Roadway effects on the hydrologic regime of temporary wetlands in the Missouri River floodplain in Missouri." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4241.

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005.
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (January 11, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.
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Scalero, Noah R. "A SUITABILITY ANALYSIS OF THE WETLANDS ALONG THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOODPLAIN FOR RIVERINE NITRATE ATTENUATION." OpenSIUC, 2020. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/2796.

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Persistently elevated nitrogen loads discharged to the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers have been shown by a vast body of literature to be the cause of recurring hypoxic conditions in the Gulf of Mexico. Riverine wetlands have been shown to be important ecosystems capable of substantially reducing nitrogen loads delivered downstream through N removal processes including denitrification, anaerobic ammonium oxidation, and plant uptake. In order to assess the relative potential of wetland sites for nitrogen attenuation, a suitability analysis was performed to identify the relative nitrogen attenuation potential of wetlands within the Middle Mississippi River (MMR) floodplain. For this assessment, the literature on nitrogen cycling in riverine wetlands was used to identify variables which are associated with denitrification potential. Data for these variables were sourced from publicly available geospatial datasets and floodplain inundation frequency estimates using a hydraulic model. The variables compiled for this analysis included flood frequency, soil drainage class, soil hydrologic class, soil pH, soil texture, land use, and soil organic carbon. Principle component analysis was applied to the dataset to reduce the number of variables in the suitability model. The results of the principle components analysis revealed that the first four components explained 77% of the variation within the dataset of potential denitrification variables. As a result of the PCA analysis, the variables Soil Hydrologic Class, Soil Organic Carbon, Land Cover, Soil pH, SSURGO’s Flood Frequency, and Flood Exceedance Probability were used to evaluate riverine wetland areas potential for denitrification under two hydrologic connection scenarios, a “with-levee” and a “no-levee” condition. For the with levee scenario, there were 66,146 ha of floodplain that attained a suitability rating of average potential, an additional 16,937 ha of floodplain attained high potential, and 706 ha of floodplain were rated as having very-high potential. The second scenario assumed removal of levees in the study area. In this scenario, there were 65,897 ha in the floodplain that attained a suitability rating of average potential. There were 34,457 ha in the study segment that attained a rating of high potential, whereas 510 ha attained a very-high potential on the suitability scale. These results were then analyzed by levee system, comparing economic and population data with the results of the suitability analysis. In particular, the amount of area within a levee system achieving a rating of high potential vs. the total property value within the levee system was compared to determine which systems would be best candidates for strategic reconnection. This analysis suggests that the Bois & Brule, the Big Five, and the Grand Tower / Degonia Levee systems are the most suitable systems for strategic reconnection efforts in the study area.
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Diefenderfer, Heida Lin. "Channel morphology and restoration of Sitka spruce (Picea stichensis) tidal forested wetlands, Columbia River, U.S.A. /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/5565.

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Books on the topic "Floodplain wetlands"

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Barbier, Edward. Economic valuation of wetland benefits: The Hadejia-Jama'are floodplain, Nigeria. London: London Environmental Economics Centre, IIED, 1991.

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Best, G. Ronnie. Soil-vegetation correlations in selected wetlands and uplands of north-central Florida. Washington, D.C: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 1990.

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Best, G. Ronnie. Soil-vegetation correlations in selected wetlands and uplands of north-central Florida. Washington, D.C: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 1990.

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Best, G. Ronnie. Soil-vegetation correlations in selected wetlands and uplands of north-central Florida. Washington, D.C: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 1990.

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Best, G. Ronnie. Soil-vegetation correlations in selected wetlands and uplands of north-central Florida. Washington, D.C: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 1990.

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Best, G. Ronnie. Soil-vegetation correlations in selected wetlands and uplands of north-central Florida. Washington, D.C: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 1990.

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Best, G. Ronnie. Soil-vegetation correlations in selected wetlands and uplands of north-central Florida. Washington, D.C: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 1990.

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Best, G. Ronnie. Soil-vegetation correlations in selected wetlands and uplands of north-central Florida. Washington, D.C: Fish and Wildlife Service, 1990.

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Beth, Middleton, ed. Flood pulsing in wetlands: Restoring the natural hydrological balance. New York: J. Wiley & Sons, 2002.

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Goyer, Richard A. Evaluation of insect defoliation in baldcypress and its relationshiop to flooding. [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Biological Service, 1997.

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Book chapters on the topic "Floodplain wetlands"

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Wetmore, French. "Floodplain Management." In Wetlands and Habitats, 3–9. Second edition. | Boca Raton: CRC Press, [2020] | Revised: CRC Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780429445507-2.

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Herschy, Reginald W., Esko Kuusisto, Lauri Arvola, Marko Järvinen, Mogali J. Nandan, and Reginald W. Herschy. "Floodplain Wetlands: Focusing on India." In Encyclopedia of Lakes and Reservoirs, 280–82. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4410-6_267.

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Smardon, Richard. "The Kafue Flats in Zambia, Africa: A Lost Floodplain?" In Sustaining the World's Wetlands, 93–123. New York, NY: Springer US, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-49429-6_4.

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Pearson, Richard G. "Australia’s Wet Tropics Streams, Rivers, and Floodplain Wetlands." In The Wetland Book, 1–11. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6173-5_45-2.

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Pearson, Richard G. "Australia’s Wet Tropics Streams, Rivers, and Floodplain Wetlands." In The Wetland Book, 1–11. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6173-5_45-3.

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Pearson, Richard G. "Australia’s Wet Tropics Streams, Rivers, and Floodplain Wetlands." In The Wetland Book, 1941–50. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4001-3_45.

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Klimas, Charles V. "River Regulation Effects on Floodplain Hydrology and Ecology." In The Ecology and Management of Wetlands, 40–49. New York, NY: Springer US, 1988. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8378-9_4.

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Klimas, Charles V. "River Regulation Effects on Floodplain Hydrology and Ecology." In The Ecology and Management of Wetlands, 40–49. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1988. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7392-6_4.

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Russell, David J., Hans Schick, and Dietrich Nährig. "Reactions of soil Collembolan communities to inundation in floodplain ecosystems of the Upper Rhine Valley." In Wetlands in Central Europe, 35–70. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05054-5_3.

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Davis, Aaron M., Stephen E. Lewis, Dominique S. O’Brien, Zoë T. Bainbridge, Christie Bentley, Jochen F. Mueller, and Jon E. Brodie. "Water Resource Development and High Value Coastal Wetlands on the Lower Burdekin Floodplain, Australia." In Estuaries of the World, 223–45. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7019-5_13.

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Conference papers on the topic "Floodplain wetlands"

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Moses, Todd, and David Gorman. "Brookside Channel and Floodplain Improvements." In Wetlands Engineering and River Restoration Conference 1998. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40382(1998)124.

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Coulton, Kevin G., Peter Goodwin, and Christine Perala-Gardiner. "Willamette River Valley Floodplain Restoration." In Wetlands Engineering and River Restoration Conference 1998. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40382(1998)186.

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Fortney, Ronald H., Charles B. Yuill, Will Ravenscroft, and John A. Gillilan. "Upper Ohio River Floodplain Characterization and Change, 1954 to 2000." In Wetlands Engineering and River Restoration Conference 2001. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40581(2001)70.

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Dee, Jr., David, Neal Carte, and Gregory Hoer. "Tug Fork Channelization, Floodplain and Wetlands Mitigation: Lessons Learned." In 29th Annual Water Resources Planning and Management Conference. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40430(1999)143.

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Schalk, Brian, Caroline Maniaci, Ken Karle, and Robert F. Carlson. "Floodplain Assessment for Two Large Braided Rivers in Denali National Park and Preserve." In Wetlands Engineering and River Restoration Conference 2001. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40581(2001)69.

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Rapp, Robert J., Lester Goodin, and Robert Davinroy. "Vegetative Based Solution to Controlling Overbank Scour in the Mississippi River Floodplain Mississippi County, Southeast, Missouri." In Wetlands Engineering and River Restoration Conference 1998. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40382(1998)150.

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Pascal, Mădălina, and Elena Diana Bobric. "ASSESSMENT OF ORGANIC CARBON IN WETLANDS AND RIPARIAN ZONE. CASE STUDY: COMMON FLOODPLAIN OF JIJIA-PRUT RIVERS, ROMANIA." In 4th INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE GEOBALCANICA 2018. Geobalcanica Society, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.18509/gbp.2018.05.

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Han, Fengxiang X., Yi Su, and David L. Monts. "Current Mercury Distribution and Bioavailability in Floodplain Soils of Lower East Fork Popular Creek, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA." In ASME 2010 13th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icem2010-40260.

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The objectives of this study were to investigate the current status of mercury distribution, speciation and bioavailability in the floodplain soils of Lower East Fork Poplar Creek (LEFPC) after decades of US Department of Energy’s remediation. Historically as part of its national security mission, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Y-12 National Security Facility in Oak Ridge, TN, USA acquired a significant fraction of the world’s supply of elemental mercury. During the 1950s and 1960s, a large amount of elemental mercury escaped confinement and is still present in the watershed surrounding the Y-12 facility. A series of remediation efforts have been deployed in the watersheds around the Oak Ridge site during the following years. The sampling fields were located in a floodplain of LEFPC of Oak Ridge, TN, USA. A series of surface soils (10–20 cm) were sampled from both wooded areas and wetland/grass land. Two 8×8 m fields were selected in the woodland. Five profiles each consisting of three layers were randomly taken from each field. The three layers were the surface layer at 0–10cm, subsurface layer at 50–60 cm, and bottom layer at 100–110 cm. Soil in both wood and wetland areas was well developed with a clear B horizon. The present study clearly shows that the total mercury in floodplain soils of LEFPC significantly decreased after the series of remediation. This study confirmed the long-term effectiveness of these remediation actions, especially after excavation of highly contaminated floodplain soils. However, the average total mercury level of all soil samples collected are in the range of 50–80 mg/kg, still significantly above toxic level (> 5mg/kg). Furthermore, contrary to conventional believing, the major mercury form in current soils of this particular area of floodplain of LEFPC is mainly in non-cinnabar mercury bound in clay minerals (after decades of remediation). The floodplains can act both as a medium-term sink and as long-term sources. Native North American earthworms (Diplocardia spp.) and adjacent soils were taken from each spot in each field. Our results show strong linear relationships between mercury concentrations in earthworms (both mature and immature groups) and non-cinnabar mercury form, while cinnabar mercury is less bioavailable to native earthworms. Earthworms may be used as a potential mercury ecological bio-indicator (bio-marker) for demonstrating mercury bioavailability and ecotoxicity in the ecosystem. The long-term stability, mobility and bioavailability of mercury contaminants in these floodplains still needs to be monitored continuously and closely.
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Phillips, Bruce M. "Riparian Habitat Replacement Within Active Floodplains." In Wetlands Engineering and River Restoration Conference 1998. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40382(1998)180.

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Michaud, B., and J. Gumtow. "Hydrologic Analysis for a Floodplain Forest Wetland Mitigation Site." In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2006. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40856(200)337.

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Reports on the topic "Floodplain wetlands"

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Van Lonkhuyzen, R., and S. C. L. Yin. Floodplain/wetlands assessment for the remediation of the southeast drainage near the Weldon Spring Site, Weldon Spring, Missouri. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), August 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/434331.

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Lonkhuyzen, R. A. Van. Floodplain/wetlands assessment for the remediation of Vicinity Property 9 at the Weldon Spring Site, Weldon Spring, Missouri. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), November 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/188560.

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Van Lonkhuyzen, R. A. Floodplain/wetlands assessment for the interceptor trench field study near the Weldon Spring Quarry, Weldon Spring Site, Missouri. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), December 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/750797.

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Van Lonkhuyzen, R. A. Floodplain/wetlands assessment for the borrow areas for the restoration of the Weldon Spring Quarry, Weldon Spring Site, Missouri. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), December 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/750796.

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LaGory, Kirk E., Leroy J. Walston, and Cory C. Weber. 2012 Reassessment of Floodplain Wetland Connections in the Middle Green River, Utah. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), December 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1342163.

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LaGory, K. E., L. J. Walston, and C. C. Weber. 2014 Reassessment of Floodplain Wetland Connections in the Middle Green River, Utah. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), December 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1342165.

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Hathcock, Charles Dean. Floodplain and Wetland Assessment for the Mortandad Wetland Enhancement and the DP Dissipater Projects at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), March 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1351209.

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Van Lonkhuyzen, R., S. Yin, and I. Hlohowskyj. A survey of the wetlands and floodplains of the borrow area and wetland/shorebird complex for the remedial action at the chemical plant area of the Weldon Spring Site. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), February 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/26529.

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Van Lonkhuyzen, R. Floodplain/wetland assessment of the effects of construction and operation ofa depleted uranium hexafluoride conversion facility at the Paducah, Kentucky,site. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), September 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/861610.

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