WETLANDS
ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
WFS
340
SPRING
SEMESTER 2008
University
of Tennessee-Knoxville
Instructor: Dr. Matthew J. Gray (mattjgray@utk.edu)
Phone: 974-2740 (office)
Office: 247 Ellington Plant Sciences Building
Meeting Time and Place: 8:30–12:00 and 1:30–5:00 M,Tu,W,Th,F 156/157 PBB
Course Goal: To expose students to the basic principles of wetland ecology and management via class lectures, labs, and field experiences.
Recommended Text: Wetlands, 2007, 4th edition (ISBN 978-0-471-69967-5)
Authors: William J. Mitsch and James G. Gosselink
Course Credits: 2 credits
Course Duration: 3–28 March 2008 (spring break: 17-21 March)
Tentative Schedule:
3–7 March:
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wed |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Morning |
Wetland Definition, Wetland Regulations |
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TN TWS Meeting (return by 5:00 pm on Friday) |
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Afternoon |
Waterbird, Amphibian, and Wetland Plant ID |
TN TWS Meeting (Leave at 10:00 am) |
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10–14 March:
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wed |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Morning |
Wetland Classification via Cowardin et al. (1979) |
Wetland Management (agriculture & moist-soil
management) |
Capacity Estimation Lecture |
PRACTICUM (Classification & Waterbird, Amphibian, and Plant ID) |
Southeastern Wildlife Conclave (leave by noon on Sunday) |
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Afternoon |
Human Impacts and Wetland Values |
Wetland Management (green-tree reservoir management) |
Capacity Estimation Assignment & Lab Exercise |
Southeastern
Wildlife Conclave (Leave at 10:00 am) |
NOTE: Lab practicum starts at 7:30 a.m. in 156/157 PBB.
24–28 March:
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wed |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Morning |
Wetland Impoundment Construction |
EXAM (7:30−9:30) Leave for Noxubee (10:00 am) |
Noxubee NWR (moist-soil units, GTRs, aquatic plant management) |
Meet Dr. Steve Demarais, MSU Captive Wildlife Facility |
SE Natural Resources Symposium |
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Afternoon |
Answer DED Questions, Final Exam Review |
Visit Briefly with Refuge Staff, Watch Video |
Noxubee NWR (wood duck and RCW management, bat research) |
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Drive back to (7−8 hours) |
NOTE: Lecture exam starts at 7:30 a.m. in 156/157 PBB.
Academic Assessment:
Weights of Academic Assessments and Grading Scale:
The exam, lab practicum, homework assignment, and participation (field trip attendance) will be weighted as follows:
● Exam: 50% (Tuesday, 25 March 2008 at 7:30 am in 156/157 PBB)
● Lab Practicum: 30% (Thursday, 13 March 2008 at 7:30 am in 156/157 PBB)
● DED Assignment: 10% (due Friday, 28 March 2008 before 5:00 pm)
● Participation: 10%
Your course grade will be determined using the following scale:
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Grade |
Final Weighted Percent |
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Grade |
Final Weighted Percent |
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A |
90–100% |
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C |
70–76% |
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B+ |
87–89% |
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D |
60–69% |
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B |
80–86% |
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F |
<60% |
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C+ |
77–79% |
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You can positively influence your grade as much as 4.5% by volunteering for extra credit. Your volunteer work however must be related to wetlands or wetland fauna (e.g., amphibians, waterbirds). For every 8 hours of volunteer work, your final grade will be increased by 1.5% up to 4.5% (24 hours total). All volunteering must be completed by 25 April 2008. A volunteer form (see website) must be filled out by the supervising individual, and submitted to Dr. Gray.
Attendance:
Attendance on the field trip to
Teaching Resources:
Homework Assignment
DUD Calculations (Due: Friday, 28 March 2008)
Recommended
•What
are Wetlands? Chap 2, Chap 6
(155–164, Hydric Soils), Chap 21 (754–758)
•Wetland
Regs & Programs Chap 18, Chap 19
(653–668)
•Wetland Classification Chap 21 (737–744)
USFWS (Cowardin) Classification System (pages 9-44 if questions
after lecture)
•Wetland
Losses & Impacts Chap 4 (71–89),
Chap 17 (611–625)
•Bottomland
Sedimentation Hatchie River Shoals and Valley Plugs (Diehl 2000)
•Wetland
Values Chap 16
(571–591)
•Wetland Construction Chap
19 (668–680)
NWRC
Waterfowl Habitat Management Handbook 13.4.8
Waterfowl Habitat Management Handbook for
LMRV
•Wetland
Management Chap 17 (625–638)
NWRC
Waterfowl Habitat Management Handbook 13.4.6
NWRC
Waterfowl Habitat Management Handbook 13.2.1
Greentree
Reservoir Handbook
(Fredrickson and Batema 1992; Chaps 1, 2, 5, 6,
& 8)
•Duck energy-days TME for Acorns & Other Foods
(Kaminski et al. 2003)
(need for assignment) Predicting Seed Yield (Laubhan 1992)
Predicting Seed Yield (Gray et al.
1999a)
New Method to Predict Seed Yield (Gray et al. 1999b)
Current DUDs for LMAV (Reinecke and
Kaminski 2005)
•Wood duck Biology Population Status (Davis 2005)
Wood Duck Brood Ecology (Davis et
al. 2002)
Supplemental Resources
USACE Wetland Delineation Manual (1987)
USACE
Wetland Delineation Form
NRCS Field Indicators of Hydric Soils
USFWS
National Hydrophyte List (1996)
USFWS
Wetland Status and Trends (2000)
Bottomland Hardwood Guidebook: GTRs (King and Fredrickson 1998)
Shorebird Management Handbook (Helmers 1992)
North American
Waterfowl Management Plan (2004)
USFWS Moist-soil Management Guidelines
(Strader and Stinson
2005)—New Publication**
PARC Habitat Management Guidelines for
Amphibians and Reptiles—New Publication**
Testing Preparation
Internet Resources:
Lectures:
“What is a Jurisdictional Wetland?” (PDF)
Podcast1: “Jurisdictional criteria for determination of a
wetland”
Podcast2: “Jurisdictional criteria for determination of a
wetland (finish up)”
Podcast3: “Wetland Regulations”
“USFWS Wetland Classification” (PDF)
Podcast: “Wetland Classification as per Cowardin et al.
(1979)”
“Wetland Losses & Human Impacts” (PDF)
Podcast1: “Impacts of humans on wetlands”
Podcast2: “Impacts of humans on wetlands”
“Wetlands Values” (PDF)
Podcast: “Biological, environmental and social values of
wetlands”
“Moist-soil and Agriculture Management” (PDF)
Podcast1: “Managing wetlands as a complex: integrating moist-soil
and agriculture management”
Podcast2: “Managing wetlands as a complex: integrating
moist-soil and agriculture management”
“Green-tree Reservoir Management” (PDF)
Podcast: “Greentree reservoir management: managing hardwood
bottomlands for waterfowl in winter”
“Grain in Harvested and Unharvested
Agricultural Fields”
by Melisssa Foster (
“Waterbird Responses to Drawdown of Kentucky
Reservoir” by
Drew Wirwa (
“Wetland Carrying Capacity” (PDF)
Podcast1: “Techniques used to calculate duck energy-days”
Podcast2: “Techniques used to calculate duck energy-days”
“Global Amphibian Declines” (PDF)
Podcast: “Hypotheses for worldwide declines of amphibians”
Websites (Class)
Louisiana Coastal Wetland Loss
NWRC Waterfowl Management Site
Websites (Wetland
Conservation Programs)
Wetland Reserve Program WRP Brochure Tennessee WRP Website
Tennessee Partners Program TPP Brochure
Conservation Reserve Program (Forested Riparian Buffer Practice) Iowa
Brochure
Websites (Wetland
Conservation & Professionals)
Lab Resources:
Lectures:
“Tennessee Anuran Identification” “Tennessee Anuran Identification” (PDF)
Podcast: “Identification of common
“Waterfowl Identification” (PDF) by Melissa Foster
“Shorebird Identification” (PDF) by Drew Wirwa
Podcast: “Identification of 23 waterfowl and 15 shorebird
species that migrate through
Websites
Vascular Plant Identification and Taxonomy: http://tenn.bio.utk.edu/vascular/vascular.html
Waterfowl Identification: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/tools/duckdist/duckdist.htm and http://www.ducks.org/waterfowling/gallery/
Shorebird Identification: http://samigbird.fws.gov/shorid.htm (click on ‘Learn to identify Shorebirds’)
Wetlands Class Photos
Spring Camp 2008
Seed Prediction
Lab and Lab Exam
Graduate Instructors:
Melissa Foster (M.S. Candidate, Wildlife [Wetlands:
Waterfowl])
Drew Wirwa (M.S.
Candidate, Wildlife [Wetlands: Shorebirds &
Waterfowl])
Previous WFS 340 Websites
2007: http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/wfs340/340home_2007.htm
2006: http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/wfs340/340home_2006.htm
2005: http://fwf.ag.utk.edu/mgray/wfs340/340home_2005.htm