Instructor: Dr. Matthew J. Gray (mattjgray@utk.edu)
Phone: 974-2740 (office)
Office: 247 Ellington Plant Sciences Building
Meeting Time and Place: TR 5:05 − 7:45 p.m., 113 PBB (1 field trip required)
Course Goal: To develop an understanding of wetland delineation and classification, wetland communities and processes,
human impacts on wetlands, and the management and conservation of wetland communities.
Required Texts: Wetlands, 2000, 3rd edition, Wiley (www.wiley.com, ISBN 047129232X)
William J. Mitsch and James C. Gosselink
Rivers under Siege, UT Press (http://utpress.org/, ISBN 1572334908)
Jim W. Johnson
Course Credits: 3 credits
Academic Assessment:
Weights of Academic Assessments and Grading Scale:
● Exam 1 20% 18 September
● Exam 2 20% 25 October
● Wetland Mapping Assignment 30% 06 November
● Rivers Under Siege & Field Trip Exam 10% 27 November
● Exam 3 20% 4 December
Your course grade will be determined using the following scale:
|
Grade |
Final Weighted Percent |
|
Grade |
Final Weighted Percent |
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A |
90–100% |
|
C |
70–76% |
|
B+ |
87–89% |
|
D |
60–69% |
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B |
80–86% |
|
F |
<60% |
|
C+ |
77–79% |
|
|
|
Teaching Resources:
Required
•What are Wetlands? Chap 2, Chap 6 (155–164, Hydric Soils), Chap 21 (754–758)
USACE Wetland Delineation Manual (1–34)
Regulatory Guidance Letter 90-7 (
SWANCC Decision (Geographically isolated wetlands)
NRCS
Keys to Soil Taxonomy (Chap 1, 2)
•Wetland Classification Chap 21 (737–744)
USFWS (Cowardin)
Classification System (9–44)
•Wetland Mapping National
Wetlands Inventory Strategic Plan
•TN Wetland Regulations TDEC Rulemaking Hearing Rules (1-15,
handout)
FINAL EXAM MATERIAL: After Here!
•Wetland Hydrology Chap
5
•Nutrient Cycling Chap 6 (165–187)
•Biological Adaptations Chap 7 (205–230), Handout
•Wetland Values Chap 16 (571–591), Handout
Tsunamis
& Mangrove Wetlands (Danielson et al. 2005)
•Wetland Loss & Impacts Chap 4 (71–89), Chap 13 (419–430), Chap 17 (611–625)
LA
Coastal Erosion & Katrina Handouts
Rising
Sea-levels & Louisiana’s Coast
•Bottomland Sedimentation West
TN Sedimentation & Valley Plugs (Oswalt and King 2005)
Hatchie
River Shoals and Valley Plugs (Diehl 2000)
•Moist-soil Management Chap
17 (625–638)
NWRC Waterfowl Habitat Management Handbook
13.4.6
NWRC Waterfowl Habitat Management Handbook
13.2.1
Manipulating
Wetlands in Autumn (Gray et al. 1999a)
Hemi-marsh
Concept on the Wintering Grounds (Smith et al. 2004)
Body Mass
and Agricultural Grains (Loesch and Kaminski
1989)
Waste Rice
for Waterfowl (Stafford et al. 2005)
•GTR Management Greentree Reservoir Handbook (Fredrickson and Batema 1992)
Required:
Chapters 1,2,5,6, and 8
GTR
Flooding and Seedling Survival (Gray and Kaminski 2005)
GTR Flooding
and Tree Composition (Young et al. 1993)
Acorn
Selection by Wood Ducks (Barras et al. 1996)
Bottomland Duck Microhabitats (Kaminski et al. 1993)
•Bottomland Restoration Seedling
Growth and Elevation (McCurry et al. 2005)
Mallards and Flooded Timber (Moorman 2005)
•Invasive Wetland Plants Oswalt Lecture Notes
Biological
Invasions (Simberloff
2003)
•Duck-use Days TME
for Acorns & Other Foods (Kaminski et al. 2003)
Predicting Seed Yield (Laubhan
1992)
Predicting Seed Yield (Gray et al.
1999b)
New Method to
Predict Seed Yield
(Gray et al. 1999c)
Current
DUDs for LMAV (Reinecke and Kaminski 2005)
•Shorebird Biology Shorebird Management Manual (Helmers 1992)
Required:
Chapters 1 and 2
Waterbird Management Objectives in MAV (Loesch et al. 2000)
•Wood duck Biology Population Status (Davis 2005)
Wood Duck
Brood Ecology (Davis et al. 2002)
New Nest Boxes
(Stephens et al. 1998)
Wood
Duck River Habitat (Minser 1993, Schacher and Minser 1998 [abstracts
only])
Wood
Duck Night Surveys
(Minser 1991)
•Wetland Conservation
TWRA
Wetland Acquisition Scoring (developed by Joe Hopper)
Wetland Reserve Program WRP
Brochure
Tennessee Partners Program TPP
Brochure
Handouts
•Wetland Construction Chap
19 (668–680)
NWRC Waterfowl Habitat Management Handbook
13.4.8
Waterfowl Habitat Management Handbook for
LMRV (pp. 10-12,
16-18)
Ducks
Unlimited Inline CMP WCS Design (Engineer: Dennis
McDonough)
Supplemental Resources
USACE Wetland Delineation Form
USACE
ENG Form 4345 (Application
for Section 404 Permit)
USACE Notes
on EF-4345 Drawings (Necessary Maps for Application)
Nationwide
Permits (wildlife
management)
TDEC Aquatic Resource Alteration Permit (Application for State Section 401 Permit)
NRCS Field Indicators of Hydric Soils
USFWS National Hydrophyte List (1996)
USACE Wetland Delineation Tutorial (download at website)
USFWS Wetland Status and Trends (2000)
USFWS
Moist-soil Management Guidelines (Strader and Stinson 2005)—New Publication**
Bottomland Hardwood Guidebook: GTRs (King and Fredrickson 1998)
North American Waterfowl Management Plan (2004 Update)
Waterfowl
Population Status
(USFWS 2005 Report)
Internet Resources:
Lectures:
“What
is a Wetland?” “What is a Wetland?” (PDF)
“Wetland Classification” “Wetland Classification” (PDF)
“Wetland
Mapping” “Wetland
Mapping” (PDF)
“TN Wetland Regulations & Permitting” “TN
Wetland Regulations & Permitting” (PDF)
(Dan Eagar, guest lecturer)
FINAL EXAM MATERIAL: After Here!
“Wetland Hydrology” “Wetland Hydrology” (PDF)
“Chemical Transformations
” “Chemical Transformations