Chapter One
The Flood Pulse Concept
in Wetland Restoration
Beth A. Middleton
National Wetlands Research Center, USGS, Lafayette, Louisiana
The reestablishment of flood pulsing in riverine and tidal systems is becoming
recognized as an essential step in the restoration of wetlands
worldwide. Especially in North America, monitoring of projects that have
incorporated more natural water regimes is now under way. In most instances,
researchers are still collecting the essential life history data that
will aid in building a case for the need to recreate flood-pulsed hydrology
in wetland restoration projects. In this book, each chapter examines a case
history of one these projects, written by a field researcher close to the heart
of this rapidly developing field.
The flood pulse concept was first developed to describe seasonal
changes in water levels on Amazonian floodplains and their relationships
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