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| 3 major features of Wetlands |
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Hydrology
Hydrophytic Plants
Hydric Soils |
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| Section 404 Clean Water Act |
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Army Corps of Engineers
Dredge and Fill Permits
"Navigable Waterways" |
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US Dept of Agriculture
Farmers who negatively effect wetlands lose all USDA subsidies |
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| Time frame when wetland is flooded |
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| Shows water level over time |
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water carries in nutrients
Increases Primary Productivity
Decreases organic matter accumulation |
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Anaerobic Conditions
High in organic matter
Lack oxidized iron (gleying), have Oxidized rhizospheres, are Mottled
High export of carbon |
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| Hydric soil made up of mostly decomposed organic matter |
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| Hydric soil made up of mostly non-decomposed organic matter |
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| iron oxides built up on soil surface |
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have arenchyma
C4 Photosynthesis
rapid stem elongation
Oxygenated rhizosphere
buoyant seeds produced in dry season |
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| Air spaces in roots and stems allowing diffusion of O2 into roots in anaerobic soils |
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Can photosynthesize with stomates closed
Prevents loss of nutrients to water |
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| Order -Snakes and Lizards |
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All wetland dependent
eggs laid terrestrially
Newborns emerge in fall and head to nearest wetland
sex determined by temperature |
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All viviparous
eggs laid terrestrially] |
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eggs laid in water, external fertilization
Tadpole larval stage 6 weeks to 3 years
Dorsolateral fold and Lympanum |
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Toads
Toxic Warts
Breed in vernal pools or small wetlands
American and Fowlers Toads |
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Tree Frogs
Spring Peeper, Gray Treefrog, Boreal Chorus Frog |
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True Frogs
Tympanum vs. eye to distinguish sex
Bullfrog, Green Frog, Leopard Frog, Pickerel Frog, Mink Frog, Wood Frog |
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Internal Fertilization
larvae have gills and 4 legs |
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Proteidae
Large
Neotenic retention of gills |
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| Retains larval characteristics |
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Ambystomidae
Vernal Pool Specialists
Adults terrestrial except when breeding |
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Salamandridae
Rough Skin w/poison glands
no costal grooves
terrestrial eft stage between larvae and adult stages |
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Plethodontidae
aquatic larvae, terrestrial adults
respire through moist skin and mouth |
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Semlitsch and Bodie 2003
core wetland
aquatic buffer
Core habitat- includes aquatic buffer
50m terrestrial buffer |
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| Temporary wetland importance |
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| Herp breeding grounds w/ no fish |
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| "breathing room" for species that may leave core habitat |
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| pets can become invasive species |
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chemical runoff from hard surfaces
Habitat loss
herps may lay eggs on asphalt that used to be breeding grounds |
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Herps run over en masse
May try to nest or bask on warm elevated asphalt |
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| Preventing road mortality |
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| Drift fences and culverts |
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| allow herps to pass under roads |
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| prevent herps from crossing roads and lead them to culverts |
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| area where most herp species live as adults |
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| Herp life history leads to mass road crossing and therefore mass mortality at certain times of year |
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walking surveys take better measurements
landscape factors can determine crossing hotspots |
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