Prairie Wetland Ecology

Bys: Murkin Henry R., Valk, Arnoud Van Der, Marsh Ecology Research Program

Prairie wetland ecology is a subject of interest in the upper Midwest of the United States and the lower middle part of Canada. It has an effect on wildlife, water table and many other parts of the ecology of this area. The Marsh Ecology Research Program (MERP) was a long term, multi-disciplinary study of effects of water level on the ecology of prairie marshes. The study was conducted on the Delta Marsh in southern Manitoba between 1980 and 1989. Comprehensive, long term monitoring was conducted on water budgets; vertebrates; invertebrates; nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon cycling; macrophyte and algae production; and decomposition of organic matter. This book summarizes the contribution of the MERP to the current scientific understanding of prairie wetland ecology. Part one introduces the MERP study and provides background information. Part two incorporates the information on the nutrient pools and fluxes within the MERP experimental cells with other current information on prairie wetland nutrients. Part three provides state-of-the-art syntheses on individual topics incorporating advances through the MERP with current knowledge in the field.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813827523
• ISBN13: 9780813827520
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 413 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.3" x 7.3"