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Comin, F.A., Romero, J.A., Hernandez, O., & Menendez, M. (2001). Restoration of wetlands from abandoned rice fields for nutrient removal, and biological community and landscape diversity. Restoration Ecology, 9(2), 201-208. Summary: Researchers set out to determine if restored wetlands would increase nutrient retention, increase diversity, and support diverse bird populations at different successional stages. Results indicate that wetlands are effective at reducing nitrogen and (somewhat) phosphorous; however, no successional stage harbored more birds than another. Research Goals:
Researchers wanted to understand the efficiency of restored wetlands at removing N and P nutrients and how restoration impacted successional stages and bird diversity. They used data from their survey sites to provide suggestions on increasing landscape scale diversity. They found that N and P removal was possible within the wetlands. Also, to increase diversity of plants within the wetlands water would need to be deeper. Moreover, to establish landscape scale habitat, 100m surrounding wetlands should be restored. Questions:
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