Assessing the relative and attributable risk of stressors to wetland condition across the conterminous United States

We analyzed data from 967 randomly selected wetland sites across the conterminous United States (US) as part of the 2011 National Wetland Condition Assessment (NWCA) to investigate the relative and attributable risk of various stressors on wetland vegetation condition. Indicators of stress included...

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Published in:Environmental monitoring and assessment 2019-05, Vol.191 (Suppl 1), p.320-17, Article 320
Main Authors: Herlihy, Alan T., Paulsen, Steven G., Kentula, Mary E., Magee, Teresa K., Nahlik, Amanda M., Lomnicky, Gregg A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aggregates
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Brackishwater environment
Coastal plains
Data analysis
Ditching
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecology
Ecotoxicology
Environment
Environmental Biomarkers
Environmental Management
Environmental monitoring
Environmental Monitoring - statistics & numerical data
Environmental science
Erosion
Estuaries
Estuarine environments
Heavy metals
Human Activities
Humans
Metals
Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
Organic chemistry
Phosphorus
Plains
Plants
Policies
Removal
Risk Assessment
Setting (hardening)
Soil
Soil chemistry
Soil erosion
Soil Pollutants - analysis
Soil stresses
Subpopulations
Surveying
Topical Collection on Monitoring Wetlands on a Continental Scale: The Technical Basis for the National Wetland Condition Assessment
Trenching
United States
Vegetation
Wetlands
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Summary:We analyzed data from 967 randomly selected wetland sites across the conterminous United States (US) as part of the 2011 National Wetland Condition Assessment (NWCA) to investigate the relative and attributable risk of various stressors on wetland vegetation condition. Indicators of stress included six physical stressors (damming, ditching, filling/erosion, hardening, vegetation removal, and vegetation replacement) and two chemical stressors (soil phosphorus and heavy metals) that represent a wide range of human activities. Risk was evaluated nationally and within four aggregate ecoregions and four aggregate wetland types. Nationally, all of the stressors except soil heavy metals and phosphorus had a significant relative risk but values were always
ISSN:0167-6369
1573-2959
DOI:10.1007/s10661-019-7313-7