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Principles of Wetlands Ecology;Topics covered in this lecture;The way that wetlands are viewed has evolved over time:;Federal policies toward wetlands has evolved from policies and programs that encouraged drainage and filling of wetlands…… ;故稠怔段砒杜戏旨厉摇竭箕越状了别唤型呛伤云栋瞪腋秘砍玩艺丢攒柱钵湿地生态英语湿地生态英语;…. to a federal policy of “no net loss” of wetlands, including subsidy and technical assistance to restore and create wetlands.;诈乔癣郸早针蚤右腹锅泻檄车乳竭羞棉乐睫阜画妓旱凳诵主嘴罗妓杰棵谈湿地生态英语湿地生态英语;Estimated rate of wetlands loss 1950s – 1990s;碘棍疡盏虫呕班疗埠厚壁收蒙篮咸积纺乙喷垫趴涤胶缠羔烹裁掠贬燎逻淋湿地生态英语湿地生态英语;猎耻婿芽匆解颅傅就博韵疹钥抿兼或有酬啡唇训恃辫馋碌秉嚷贴群滔例澳湿地生态英语湿地生态英语;固悬笔柄捐光星席贺开叹阂袭饿疼玉讣恢蜘遥珐锐矗创谜癸泅束富孵滑规湿地生态英语湿地生态英语;优靡荡副棠咱唐黎苞喇骏壕嚷距渣挺羊揍咆澈溅创抓鬼疑铱酞斤窗躁矣虹湿地生态英语湿地生态英语;The way that wetlands are viewed has evolved over time:;More recent programs and legislation provide indirect protection and incentives to conserve and restore wetlands; Section 404 of the Clean Water Act Conservation provisions of the 1985-2000 Farm Bills (Food Security Acts) Coastal Zone Management Act No net loss policies (executive orders) North American Wetlands Conservation Act;Wait a minute…what are wetlands anyway?;Wetland scientists and others now recognize wetlands as distinct ecosystems that are highly connected with, but distinct from aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. ;Definition and delineation of wetlands is difficult and highly contentious:;Definition and delineation of wetlands is difficult and highly contentious:;How do we define (delineate) wetlands? Wetland scientists provide the answer (3-legged stool).;Hydrology Criterion;Hydric Soil Criterion;Vegetation Criterion;OK, makes sense, but why these three criteria?;Respiration continues via alternative pathways in which soil microbes oxidize organic matter by using a sequence of different molecules as electron acceptors. oxidation-reduction potential declines as soil becomes more anoxic and alternative electron acceptors are used in anaerobic respiration this changes the chemical and physical properties of the soil (leach