| | Accession Number | 5004028 |
| | Title | Developing indicators of freshwater emergent wetland ecosystem integrity for |
| | monitoring and management at Acadia National Park |
| | Project Description | Freshwater wetland resources at Acadia National Park are at risk from hydrologic modifications |
| | within surrounding watersheds, habitat fragmentation, atmospheric pollution, direct human |
| | disturbance, exotic species encroachment, and nutrient enrichment. This project will initiate the |
| | development of a sound, scientifically based monitoring program that can alert park managers to |
| | initial changes in freshwater wetland ecosystems. We will select, evaluate, and test indicators for |
| | use in monitoring the condition of freshwater wetlands. Indicator development will involve |
| | comparisons of candidate indicators among wetlands along a gradient of disturbance and |
| | ecosystem integrity. Those parameters that display significant differences among wetland along |
| | this gradient will be proposed as indicators for further evaluation and incorporation into a wetland |
| | monitoring program. |
| | Keywords | indicators, monitoring, national parks, wetlands, |
| | Principal | Glenn R Guntenspergen, USGS-Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: |
| | Investigators | glenn_guntenspergen@usgs.gov; Hilary A Neckles, USGS-Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: |
| | hilary_neckles@usgs.gov; |
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