• Address:
  705 Spear Street
  South Burlington, Vermont 05403
  United States of America
  
  Phone: (802) 391-4135
  Email: femc@uvm.edu
  Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Wetland bioassessment of seasonal pools and white cedar swamps with an emphasis on determining presence/absence of macroinvertebrates. The effects of disturbance on the ecological integrity of seasonal pools and northern white cedar swamps were determined. Drawing on the expertise of the VT Nongame and Natural Heritage Program with the VT Department of Environmental Conservation's background in biocriteria development, this project captured a range of data on natural community composition and structure at these less common wetland sites.

• -73.39944, 43.13
• -71.67, 43.13
• -71.67, 44.638333
• -73.39944, 44.638333
• -73.39944, 43.13

• Label: Order

• Description: Order of species

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Genera

• Description: Genera of species

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Species

• Description: Species name

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Common Name

• Description: Common name of species

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Condition assessment
  • Started: 1999-01-01
    Ended: 2000-12-31
    
  • Method Description: A total of twenty-eight seasonal pools were assessed during the years 1999 and 2000. The assessed pools included those representative of reference (minimally disturbed) conditions as well as those representing a range of disturbance. Of those twenty-eight pools, five were assessed in both years in order to evaluate annual variability. Pools were selected to represent most of the biophysical regions of Vermont as well as a range of disturbance type and intensity.

• Assessment of water chemistry and communities
  • Started: 1999-01-01
    Ended: 2000-12-31
    
  • Method Description: Biological communities assessed included aquatic macroinvertebrates, algae, vegetation, and amphibians. Water chemistry included earth metals, major anions, color, pH, alkalinity, aluminum, and specific conductance. A number of ecological observations were made at each pool, including: pool size; pool depth; in-pool habitat characteristics; and forest type and condition surrounding each pool.

• Pool visits and data analysis
  • Started: 1999-01-01
    Ended: 2000-12-31
    
  • Method Description: All pools were visited a minimum of twice to assess amphibians and aquatic macroinvertebrates (early and late spring), with additional later visits between August and November as necessary to characterize physical and vegetative parameters. Data were analyzed in a variety of ways in an effort to identify ecological indicators of reference condition classification or disturbance gradients.

• Unnamed Method
• Started: 1999-01-01
  Ended: 2000-12-31
  
• Method Description: See report for full details of methods