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| Yvonne Hernandez |
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| University of Houston-Downtown |
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| Title | Building a Diatom Succession Model for a Fresh Water Marsh |
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| Abstract | The richness and diversity of a diatom assemblage can be used to measure wetland stability in both natural wetlands and in artificial mitigation banks. The goal of this project is to develop a Diatom Succession Model which can then be used to analyze the path of succession of mitigated wetlands as the diatom death assemblage converges toward that of a natural wetland. This will also indicate if the Greens Bayou Wetland Mitigation Bank (Greens) is providing sustainable ecological benefits to counter the adverse impacts on local wetland loss caused by humans. The Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge is an undisturbed natural wetland so it provides a good example of a climax community which will serve as our reference point to study the succession of the diatom death assemblage found in Greens. Data mining techniques will be utilized to discover if patterns occur within and among the various assemblages. |
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| Coauthors | Justine Onyedebelu |
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| Location | Woodward Lobby (Monday-Tuesday) |
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