Effects of Flooding on the Longleaf Pine-Wiregrass Ecosystem

Michener, William K.; Blood, Elizabeth R.; Golladay, Stephen W.; Kirkman, L. Katherine; Mitchell, Robert J.; Palik, Brian J.

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Effects of Flooding on the Longleaf Pine-Wiregrass Ecosystem

dc.contributor.author	Michener, William K.
dc.contributor.author	Blood, Elizabeth R.
dc.contributor.author	Golladay, Stephen W.
dc.contributor.author	Kirkman, L. Katherine
dc.contributor.author	Mitchell, Robert J.
dc.contributor.author	Palik, Brian J.
dc.contributor.corporatename	Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center
dc.contributor.editor	Hatcher, Kathryn J.
dc.date.accessioned	2012-06-19T03:31:38Z
dc.date.available	2012-06-19T03:31:38Z
dc.date.issued	1995-04
dc.description	Proceedings of the 1995 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 11 and 12, 1995, Athens, Georgia.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Flood waters associated with Tropical Storm Alberto inundated 21 km2 of uplands at Ichauway, a 115 km 2 ecological reserve located in southwestern Georgia. At the landscape scale, sink holes were formed, landslides and erosion occurred along riverine bluffs and terraces, and sediment deposition occurred along all riparian corridors. Xeric habitats, dominated by longleaf pine-wiregrass and scrub-shrub, were disproportionately affected by flooding on an area basis. Longleaf pine seedlings and saplings with apical meristems above high water always survived. Mortality of submerged longleaf pine and wiregrass was positively related to flooding depth and duration. Treefall in bluff riparian zones and hardwood hammocks reflected species composition within the two habitats although oaks and southern red cedar were the most commonly downed trees in both habitats. Higher treefall was observed in bluff riparian zones and may be related to constrained stream channel geomorphology. Although infrequent, flooding appears to be important in governing the structure and function of the longleaf pine-wiregrass ecosystem and, along with other disturbances, should be explicitly incorporated into reserve and riparian corridor planning and design.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology	en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibility	This book was published by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602 with partial funding provided by the U.S. Department of Interior, Geological Survey, through the Georgia Water Research Institute as authorized by the Water Resources Research Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-397). The views and statements advanced in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not represent official views or policies of the University of Georgia or the U.S. Geological Survey or the conference sponsors.
dc.identifier.isbn	0-935835-04-0
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1853/44026
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Georgia Institute of Technology	en_US
dc.publisher.original	Carl Vinson Institute of Government
dc.relation.ispartofseries	GWRI1995. Watershed Protection	en_US
dc.subject	Water resources management	en_US
dc.subject	Watershed protection	en_US
dc.subject	Watershed planning	en_US
dc.subject	Watershed management Georgia	en_US
dc.title	Effects of Flooding on the Longleaf Pine-Wiregrass Ecosystem	en_US
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dc.type.genre	Proceedings
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