1St Anthony Falls Laboratory and National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics, College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. 2Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA. 3Henry Samueli School of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California–Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA. *e-mai...

Responses of wetland carbon cycling to environmental changes, particularly changes in water table depth, which are the key determinants to control the ecological and biogeochemical functions of wetlands, are highly non-linear and complex due to the dynamic interactions of several physical and biological processes. Several field experiments have found that wetland productivities have a significa...

Abstract: Limited water resources and ensuring access to clean water are critical environmental challenges, especially for the developing world. In particular, rural domestic wastewater has become a significant source for the pollution of freshwater bodies. A modified bio-ecological A2O-wetland system for rural wastewater treatment consisting of a biological unit (anaerobic baffled reactor, ano...

A total of 4 aquatic plants, Eleocharis kuroguwai Ohwi, Hydrocharis dubia Backer, Salvinia natans All., and Zizania latifolia Turcz., were sampled from representative two wetlands of South Korea. A total of 38 endophytic fungal strains were isolated from aquatic plants native to the Daepyeong wetland, and 27 strains were isolated from the Jilnal wetland. The internal transcribed spacer regions ...

Functional traits as predictors of vital rates across the life cycle of tropical trees Marco D. Visser*, Marjolein Bruijning, S. Joseph Wright, Helene C. Muller-Landau, Eelke Jongejans, Liza S. Comita and Hans de Kroon Department of Experimental Plant Ecology & Animal Ecology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands; De...

How to explain the effect of seasonal water transfer on the carbon stocks of Baiyangdian wetland is studied. The ecological model of the relationship between the carbon stocks and water depth fluctuation of the reed was established by using STELLA software. For the first time the Michaelis-Menten equation (1) introduced the relation function between the water depth and reed environmental carryi...

We used the SLEUTH urban growth model, closely coupled with a land transition model, to simulate future urban growth in the Houston metropolitan area, one of the fastest growing metropolises in the United States during the past three decades. The model was calibrated with historical data extracted from a time series of satellite images. Three specific scenarios are designed to simulate the spat...

in recent years multiple roles of wetland ecosystem and their values for human have increasingly been known, but their environmental and human life importance are usually considered to be less than their actual value. wetlands are one of the most important critical areas in the world. due to unique biodiversity and having high volume production, wetlands have special place from controlling role...