7376

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7376
• Author: Schneller-McDonald, K., L. S. Ischinger and G. T. Auble.
• Title: Wetland Creation and Restoration
• USFW Year: 1990.
• USFW - Doc Type: Description and Summary of the Literature.
• Copyright Material: NO

WETLAND CREATION/RESTORATION
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Fig. 3. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regions.
Study Type
This key word field describes the nature of the study
or article by any combination of the following key
words.
Program. Program refers to articles that emphasize
the legal, regulatory, institutional, or administrative as-
pects of wetland creation or restoration. It includes the
development of project guidelines, management plans
or programs, and Federal or State policies.
Overview. Overview denotes a general survey or
summary that does not report specific results. Subjects
for overview articles include general summaries of
Table 2. Frequency of appearance of U.S. Fish andWild-
life Service Regions in the data base.
Region Percent of total records
1 20
2 10
3 15
4 36
5 21
6 7
7 1
wetland restoration projects, reasons for the success
or failure of restoration efforts, site surveys, environ-
mental conditions, cost surveys, and functions of re-
stored or created wetlands.
Technique. Articles coded with this key word em-
phasize methods or procedures used in restoring or
creating wetlands. Some examples are seedling cul-
ture, seedling anchoring, planting methods, propaga-
tion, aerial photography, and techniques for improving
water quality.
Case. A case study describes or evaluates a particular
wetland creation or restoration project at a particular site.
Comparative. A comparative article includes informa-
tion on multiple sites or actions. It may compare several
case studies, evaluate similarities or differences in the
results of several case studies or creation/restoration pro-
jects in general, or examine similarities and differences
between natural and artificial wetlands.
The studies included in the WCR data base are
fairly evenly distributed among case, comparative, and
overview. The most frequently listed key word is tech-
nique. Of 470 records containing this key word, 45%
deal with estuarine or marine systems, and 57% deal
with freshwater systems (palustrine, lacustrine, river-