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

12 BIOLOGICAL REPORT 90(3)
the records (waterfowl, 14%; shorebirdg, 11%; and non-
game birds, 9%); fish and invertebrates, 15% each;
mammals, 6%; reptiles, 3%; and amphibians and shell-
fish, 2% each.
The Soil response key word is more frequently asso-
ciated with the physical properties of the substrate, in
terms of bank stabilization, erosion, and elevation, than
with soil profile information. Nearly 30% of the records
in the data base contain this key word; this 30% also
contains about two-thirds of the records keyed for Ero-
sion in the objectives field.
The Chemical response key word is used with other
key words for clear definition of what is being mea-
sured (e.g., water, soil, plants). Because this field may
contain multiple key words for any one record, it may
not be immediately apparent which key word is specif-
ically associated with Chemical. Within the response
field, Chemical is most often associated with vegeta-
tion (73%), water quality (70%), soil (57%), inverte-
brates (25%), and fish (19%). Review of other fields
(or the original article) is recommended for a more
specific account of chemical responses.
More than half the records that are coded Success
also include cost considerations. The 175 records that
contain the Success key word are further character-
ized in Table 4.
Plant Genus (PGenus)*
This field describes the plants that are significant in
a particular study; only the genus is recorded. "Many"
may be used alone or at the end of a list when a large
number of plants are included in the text or tables of
a publication.
There are 565 genera listed in the data base; those
most frequently cited are listed in Table 5. Frequency
of occurrence of a particular genus does not guarantee
consistent quality of information about that genus in
the original reports or articles. However, a brief survey
of the most frequently listed genera does provide some
insight into which types of wetlands are the focus of
the most creation or restoration attention (or which
plants are most readily available or easiest to grow).
Table 4. Characteristics of the set of 17S records con-
taining the success keyword.
Objectives Actions
Habitat 31% Plant 50%
General 74% Landform 38%
Experiment 19% Seed 26%
Erosion 11% Spoil 22%
(All other objectives are Contamination 18%
s8%) Hydrology 17%
These plants reflect a desired result or an observation
of revegetation at the site, and sometimes they are the
subjects of experimentation.
Annotation
The annotation is a brief summary of the article
prepared by us; it is usually 9-14 lines long. The anno-
tation includes site descriptions and significant details
not described by the key words or other fields of the
data base. Study results and recommendations are
briefly summarized.
Acknowledgments
We thank K Manci for data base editing, J. Muhlen-
bruck for data base support, K. Hoover for typing and
related support services, P. Gillis for typing, and
M. Kentula, L. Lee, T. Muir, and W. Wilen, for technical
review. The cover art was drawn by R. Davis from a
photograph by C. Singletary.
References
Baily, R. G. 1980. Descriptions of the ecoregions of the
United States. U.S. For. Serv. Misc. Publ. 1391.77 pp.
Table 5. Plant genera most frequently listed in the data
base.
Genus Percent records
Spartina 26
Scirpus 19
Typha 18
Juncus 14
Carex 10
Distichlis 9
Panicum 9
Salk 9
Phragmites 8
Polygonum 8
Potamogeton 8
Eleocharis 7
Sagittaria 7
Populus 6
Quercus 6
Acer 5
Avicennia 5
Cyperus 5
Halodule 5
Thalassla 5
Zostera 5
Fradnus 4
Pinus 4
Pontederia 4
Rhizophora 4
Taxodium 4
1 Based on 1,100 records in the WCR data base