Ecology Of Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands Of The Southeastern United States

Ecology of Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands of the Southeastern United States Ecology of Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands of the Southeastern United States Edited by William H. Conner Clemson University Georgetown, SC USA Thomas W. Doyle US Geological Survey Lafayette, LA USA and Ken W. Krauss US Geological Survey Lafayette, LA USA A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-1-4020-5094-7 (HB) ISBN 978-1-4020-5095-4 (e-book) Published by Springer, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. www.springer.com Printed on acid-free paper Cover Pictures from upper left clockwise: Barnacles growing on base of baldcypress tree in Louisiana. Hermit crab on base of baldcypress tree in South Carolina. Tidal freshwater baldcypress stand on Turkey Creek, South Carolina. (photos by William Conner). All Rights Reserved © 2007 Springer No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Contributors T. Alphin, C.J. Anderson, G.B. Avery, A.H. Baldwin, J.L. Chambers, W.H. Conner, D. Creech, M.R. Darst, J.W. Day, R.H. Day, T.W. Doyle, J. Duberstein, R.S. Effler, S.P. Faulkner, A.S. From, E.S. Gardiner, R.A. Goyer, C.T. Hackney, S.S. Hoeppner, M.S. Hughes, C.R. Hupp, L.W. Inabinette, B.D. Keeland, R.F. Keim, S.L. King, W. Kitchens, K.W. Krauss, D.E. Kroes, L.A. Leonard, H.M. Light, B.G. Lockaby, R.A. Mattson, J.W. McCoy, M. MacDonald, K.W. McLeod, , K. McPherson, M.P.V. Melder, C.A. Miller, T.H. Mirti, G.B. Noe, C.P. O Neil, J.A. Nyman, M.M. Palta, M. Posey, M. Ratard, R.D. Rheinhardt, G.P. Shaffer, C.M. Swarzenski, K. Williams, T.M. Williams v Contents Preface xi Chapter 1 - Tidal Freshwater Swamps of the Southeastern United States: Effects of Land Use, Hurricanes, Sea-level Rise, and Climate Change Thomas W. Doyle, Calvin P. O’Neil, Marcus P.V. Melder, Andrew S. From, and Monica M. Palta 1 Chapter 2 - Hydrology of Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands of the Southeastern United States Richard H. Day, Thomas M. Williams, and Christopher M. Swarzenski Chapter 3 - Soils and Biogeochemistry of Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands Christopher J. Anderson and B. Graeme Lockaby Chapter 4 - Plant Community Composition of a Tidally Influenced, Remnant Atlantic White Cedar Stand in Mississippi Bobby D. Keeland and John W. McCoy 29 65 89 Chapter 5 - Sediment, Nutrient, and Vegetation Trends Along the Tidal, Forested Pocomoke River, Maryland Daniel E. Kroes, Cliff R. Hupp, and Gregory B. Noe 113 Chapter 6 - Vegetation and Seed Bank Studies of SaltPulsed Swamps of the Nanticoke River, Chesapeake Bay Andrew H. Baldwin 139 Chapter 7 - Tidal Freshwater Swamps of a Lower Chesapeake Bay Subestuary Richard D. Rheinhardt 161 vii viii Contents Chapter 8 - Biological, Chemical, and Physical Characteristics of Tidal Freshwater Swamp Forests of the Lower Cape Fear River/Estuary, North Carolina Courtney T. Hackney, G. Brooks Avery, Lynn A. Leonard, Martin Posey, and Troy Alphin 183 Chapter 9 - Ecology of Tidal Freshwater Forests in Coastal Deltaic Louisiana and Northeastern South Carolina William H. Conner, Ken W. Krauss, and Thomas W. Doyle 223 Chapter 10 - Ecology of the Coastal Edge of Hydric Hammocks on the Gulf Coast of Florida Kimberlyn Williams, Michelina MacDonald, Ke