Effects of Canals and Roads on Hydrologic Conditions and Health of Atlantic White Cedar at Emily and Richardson Preyer Buckridge Coastal Reserve, North Carolina, 2003-2006

Ferrell, G.M.; Strickland, A.G.; Spruill, Timothy B.

doi:10.3133/sir20075163

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“…Roads can intercept groundwater when they transverse peatlands, causing localized flooding on the up‐gradient side (Fig. C), and dewatering on the down‐gradient side (Ferrell et al ; Patterson & Cooper ). The hydrological alterations can cause widespread plant conversion and carbon cycling changes (Chimner & Cooper , Austin & Cooper ).…”

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An overview of peatland restoration in North America: where are we after 25 years?

Chimner

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Wurster

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Restoration Ecology

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Peatland restoration in North America (NA) was initiated approximately 25 years ago on peat‐extracted bogs. Recent advances in peatland restoration in NA have expanded the original concepts and methodology. Restoration efforts in NA now include restoring peatlands from many diverse types of disturbances (e.g. roads, agriculture, grazing, erosion, forestry, and petrol industry infrastructure impacts) and occur in a greater array of peatland types (e.g. fens and swamps). Because fens are groundwater and surface flow driven, techniques to restore the hydrology of fens are generally more complicated than bogs. Restoring a greater variety of peatland types on a large‐scale basis (>10 ha) commands new techniques for reestablishing a broader array of plants other than Sphagnum spp., including non‐Sphagnum mosses, sedges, nonericaceous shrubs, and trees. The rationale for restoring peatlands has expanded to include legal requirements, wetland mitigation and banking, climate mitigation, water quality, and as part of responsible ecosystem management for industry or society. In the past 25 years, peatland restoration in NA has evolved from (1) trial and error to a more empirically based scientific approach, (2) small site‐specific experiments to landscape‐scale restoration (e.g. hydrological connectivity, ecological fragmentation), and (3) individual stakeholder (academic) to multiple stakeholders across jurisdictional boundaries (private, local, and regional governmental agencies, NGOs, and so on). However, many research gaps still exist that must be addressed to enhance our ability to restore peatlands successfully.

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“…occidentalis and C . thyoides regeneration is poor postextraction and is usually replaced by shrubs, hardwoods, or other conifers (Chimner & Hart ; Heitzman et al ; Ferrell et al ). This has led to an increase in restoration activities to restore the population and age structure of T .…”

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An overview of peatland restoration in North America: where are we after 25 years?

Chimner

Cooper

Wurster

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Restoration Ecology

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“…Data were collected in the Emily and Richardson Preyer Buckridge Coastal Reserve within the large depressional and riverine wetland complex that forms the Coastal Plain of North Carolina (Figure ). Covering approximately 10,800 ha, these coastal wetlands are bordered to the north by the Frying Pan embayment, the agricultural community of Gum Neck to the west, and the Alligator River to the east and south (Ferrell, Strickland, & Spruill, ; Fuss, ).…”

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“…Numerous ditches and small canals traverse Buckridge Coastal Reserve, as well as the agricultural lands and wetlands that are adjacent to the reserve and the Alligator River. These channels were constructed primarily to lower the water table during approximately a century of logging activities that ceased in the early 1980s (Ferrell et al, ; Fuss, ).…”

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“…The objective of this study is to characterize salt fluxes generated by individual wind tides through a constructed channel in a coastal wetland system using data collected by an array of in situ instruments, including a velocity metre, electrical conductivity sensors, and water-level loggers. Covering approximately 10,800 ha, these coastal wetlands are bordered to the north by the Frying Pan embayment, the agricultural community of Gum Neck to the west, and the Alligator River to the east and south (Ferrell, Strickland, & Spruill, 2007;Fuss, 2001).…”

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In situ measurements of wind‐driven salt fluxes through constructed channels in a coastal wetland ecosystem

Manda

Reyes

Pitt

2018

Hydrological Processes

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A suite of instruments was deployed in a coastal wetland ecosystem in the Albemarle estuarine system, North Carolina (USA), to characterize wind‐driven transport of saltwater through a constructed (man‐made) channel. Flow velocity, electrical conductivity, and stage were measured in a representative channel over a 2‐month period from May to July 2014, during which 4 wind tides were observed. Collected data show that thousands of metric tons of salt were advected through the channel into coastal wetlands during each event, which lasted up to 4 days. The results reveal that as much as 36% of advected salts accumulated in the wetlands, suggesting that the cumulative effects of these events on the health of coastal wetlands in the Albemarle system may be substantial due to the abundance of constructed channels and the frequency of wind‐driven tidal events. This study is the first to quantify wind‐driven salt fluxes through constructed channels in coastal wetland settings.

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Estimation and Uncertainty of Recent Carbon Accumulation and Vertical Accretion in Drained and Undrained Forested Peatlands of the Southeastern USA

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The purpose of this study was to determine how drainage impacts carbon densities and recent rates (past 50 years) of vertical accretion and carbon accumulation in southeastern forested peatlands. We compared these parameters in drained maple‐gum (MAPL), Atlantic white cedar (CDR), and pocosin (POC) communities in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (GDS) of Virginia/North Carolina and in an intact (undrained) CDR swamp in the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge (AR) of North Carolina. Peat cores were analyzed for bulk density, percent organic carbon, and 137Cs and 210Pb. An uncertainty analysis of both 137Cs and 210Pb approaches was used to constrain error at least partially related to mobility of both radioisotopes. GDS peats had lower porosities (89.6% (SD = 1.71) versus 95.3% (0.18)) and higher carbon densities (0.082 (0.021) versus 0.037 (0.009) g C cm−3) than AR. Vertical accretion rates (0.10–0.56 cm yr−1) were used to estimate a time period of ~84–362 years for reestablishment of peat lost during the 2011 Lateral West fire at the GDS. Carbon accumulation rates ranged from 51 to 389 g C m−2 yr−1 for all sites. In the drained (GDS) versus intact (AR) CDR sites, carbon accumulation rates were similar with 137Cs (87GDS versus 92AR g C m−2 yr−1) and somewhat less at the GDS than AR as determined with 210Pb (111GDS versus 159AR g C m−2 yr−1). Heightened productivity and high polyphenol content of peat may be responsible for similar rates of carbon accumulation in both drained and intact CDR peatlands.

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Effects of Canals and Roads on Hydrologic Conditions and Health of Atlantic White Cedar at Emily and Richardson Preyer Buckridge Coastal Reserve, North Carolina, 2003-2006

Cited by 6 publications

References 7 publications

An overview of peatland restoration in North America: where are we after 25 years?

An overview of peatland restoration in North America: where are we after 25 years?

In situ measurements of wind‐driven salt fluxes through constructed channels in a coastal wetland ecosystem

Estimation and Uncertainty of Recent Carbon Accumulation and Vertical Accretion in Drained and Undrained Forested Peatlands of the Southeastern USA

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