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Effects Of Land Use And Pollution Loadings On Ecotoxicological Assays And Bacterial Taxonomical Diversity In Constructed Wetlands, Subhomita Ghosh Roy, Charles F. Wimpee, Stephen Andrew Mcguire, Timothy J. Ehlinger
Effects Of Land Use And Pollution Loadings On Ecotoxicological Assays And Bacterial Taxonomical Diversity In Constructed Wetlands, Subhomita Ghosh Roy, Charles F. Wimpee, Stephen Andrew Mcguire, Timothy J. Ehlinger
Biological Sciences Faculty Articles
Freshwater ecosystems are affected by anthropogenic alterations. Different studies have extensively studied the concentrations of metals, nutrients, and water quality as measurements of pollution in freshwater ecosystems. However, few studies have been able to link these pollutants to bioindicators as a risk assessment tool. This study aimed to examine the potential of two bioindicators, plant ecotoxicological assays and sediment bacterial taxonomic diversity, in ecological risk assessment for six freshwater constructed wetlands in a rapidly urbanizing watershed with diverse land uses. Sediment samples were collected summer, 2015 and 2017, and late summer and early fall in 2016 to conduct plant ecotoxicological …
Land Use Changes In Southeastern Wisconsin: The Landscape Pattern Project, John Dorney, Forest Stearns
Land Use Changes In Southeastern Wisconsin: The Landscape Pattern Project, John Dorney, Forest Stearns
Field Station Bulletins
Since settlement began in the 1830's, the native forest, wetland and prairie vegetation has been replaced by pasture, cultivated fields, highways, towns and cities. Fragmentation of the forest into smaller and smaller isolated patches influences the biological diversity of the remaining patches, as well as species replacement patterns and dispersal of seed and other propagules. This drastically alters the integrity of the regional system. This study documents changes in patterns of land use and forest vegetation and investigates factors influencing these changes and the effect of the present pattern on ecosystem maintenance. This work is part of a larger study …
Post-Settlement Land Uses And Their Effects On The Cedarburg Bog, Nevin J. Farley, Peter J. Salamun
Post-Settlement Land Uses And Their Effects On The Cedarburg Bog, Nevin J. Farley, Peter J. Salamun
Field Station Bulletins
During a study of the plant species of a lowland hardwood stand at the western edge of the Cedarburg Bog (Farley, 1973), it was noted that significant environmental changes had occurred here and throughout the bog which resulted in the present-day vegatation patterns. Many of these changes can be attributed to the various post-settlement land-use practices which were employed in the Town of Saukville (TllN, R21E), Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, where this bog is located. To document this information a literature survey was made of the various studies which ha ve been carried out in this area (Cutler, 1936; Grittinger, 1969; …