Proceedings of a conference on sustainability of wetlands and water resources: how well can riverine wetlands continue to support society into the 21st century?

Abstract

The conference focused on recent work in freshwater wetlands [both natural and constructed] with a view toward understanding wetland processes in a watershed context. Since humans have played important roles in watershed dynamics for years, attention was given to the human dimensions of wetland and watershed uses. Contributed sessions were organized on: biogeochemical cycling in wetlands; human health issues related to water; wetland restoration and reforestation; the role of wetlands in agricultural systems; wetlands and USA environmental law; chemical ecology and natural products from wetlands; water and wetlands in science education; and regional water strategies. The lead paper in the proceedings was prepared by conference plenary speaker Dr. Sandra Postel, director of the Global Water Policy Project in Amherst, MA. Examples and experiences from eight countries were shared during the conference, providing valuable global perspectives.

Titles contained within Proceedings of a conference on sustainability of wetlands and water resources: how well can riverine wetlands continue to support society into the 21st century?

• Human alterations of Earth's fresh water
• Institutional change and campus greening at Tulane University
• The collaboration between the University of Mississippi and Belize enables opportunities for science education
• Feasibility of using ornamental plants in subsurface flow wetlands for domestic wastewater treatment
• Rehabilitation of coastal wetland forests degraded through their conversion to shrimp farms
• Effects of hydrologic conditions on biogeochemical processes and organic pollutant degradation in salt marsh sediments
• Restoration methods for deepwater swamps
• Wetlands systems in southern Thailand: The essential resources for sustainable regional development
• The development of a decision support system for prioritizing forested wetland restoration areeas in the lower Yazoo River Basin, Mississippi
• States assuming responsibility over wetlands: State assumption as a regulatory option for protection of wetlands
• Little Cypress Creek study: A watershed restoration option for protection of wetlands
• Bottomland hardwood afforestation: State of the art
• Wetland education through cooperative programs between coastal Carolina University and Horry County public schools
• Wetlands and agriculture: Are we heading for confrontation or conservation
• Three Mississippi ecotypes of wetland plants
• Winter bird communities in afforestation: Should we speed up or slow down ecological succession?
• Globe, student inquiry, and learning communities
• Using kepone to exemplify the importance of natural variability in estimating exposure to toxic chemicals from aquatic environments
• Potential effects of restoration on biogeochemical functions of bottom land hardwood ecosystems
• Forest restoration in the Nordic countries
• Application of the soil perturbation index to evaluate created and restored wetlands
• Pesticide mitigation capacities of constructed wetlands
• Nutrient storage rates in a national marsh receiving waste water
• Effects of soil oxidation-reduction conditions on internal oxygen transport, root aeration, and growth of wetland plants
• Riverbank restoration in the southern United States: The effects of soil texture and moisture regime on survival and growth of willow posts
• Differences in net primary production and biogeochemistry between contrasting floodplain forests
• Use of a constucted wetland to reduce nonpoint-source pesticide contamination of the Lourens River, South America
• Forest restoration in a global context
• Forest linkages to diversity and abundancein lowland stream fish communities
• Origins, fates, and ramifications of natural organic compounds of wetlands
• Development of a short-term (<12 days), plant-based screening method to assess the bioavailability, bioconcentration, and phytotoxicity of Hexahydro-1,3,5- Trinitro-1,3,5-Tiazine (RDZ) to terrestrial plants

Citation

Holland, Marjorie M.; Warren, Melvin L., Jr.; Stanturf, John A.; Editors 2002. Proceedings of a conference on sustainability of wetlands and water resources: how well can riverine wetlands continue to support society into the 21st century . Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-50. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 191 p.