Ecosystem services derived from wetland conservation practices in the United States Prairie Pothole Region with an emphasis on the U.S. Department of Agriculture Conservation Reserve and Wetlands Reserve Programs
By: edited by Robert A. Gleason, Murray K. Laubhan, and Ned H. Euliss, Jr.
Contributors: Gleason, Robert A.; Laubhan, Murray; Euliss, Ned H.; Geological Survey (U.S.)
Series: Professional paper -- 1745; Professional paper (Geological Survey (U.S.)) -- no. 1745.
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Reston, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 58
ISBN-13: 9781411320178
Subjects: Wetlands Reserve Program (U.S.); Conservation Reserve Program (U.S.); Ecosystem management -- Prairie Pothole Region; Restoration ecology -- Prairie Pothole Region; Wetland conservation -- Prairie Pothole Region
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Background and approach to quantification of ecosystem services; title: Plant community quality and richness; title: Carbon sequestration; title: Floodwater storage; title: Reduction of sedimentation and nutrient loading; title: Proposed approach to assess potential wildlife habitat suitability on plant community quality and richness.