{"id":28845,"date":"2025-10-30T21:42:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T21:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vividscience.org\/?page_id=28845"},"modified":"2025-10-31T01:34:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T01:34:15","slug":"wetlands","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vividscience.org\/index.php\/online-envirobio\/change\/long-term\/wetlands\/","title":{"rendered":"7b4 Wetlands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n \n Wetlands <\/span>\n\n \n \n Part Aquatic; Part Terrestrial <\/span>\n <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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  • Provide examples of different types of wetlands.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Describe various wetland functions including why it is challenging to rebuild a wetland.<\/strong><\/li>\n
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    Wetlands are terrestrial habitats that are sometimes wet and sometimes dry.<\/h5> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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    Wetlands can appear very different depending on the time of year.\u00a0 Identification is critical, particularly when deciding whether to develop land for human use.<\/h6>\n
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    Plant and soil specimens are used to recreate the characteristics of the habitat over time.\u00a0 There are dozens of different wetland types based on soil profiles.<\/h6> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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    Here are a few examples of the many types of wetlands.<\/h5> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    \n Can include peat moss and often are found in colder climates. Source of cranberries. <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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    Oregon has several types of wetlands.\u00a0 Some of the coastal marshes have been converted into cranberry fields.<\/h5> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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    Wetlands have high productivity that supports herbivores and carnivores like herons.<\/strong><\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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    Wetlands have the three ingredients necessary for high productivity (photosynthesis): water, light, and nutrients.<\/h6>\n
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    Producers are abundant and include the macroscopic submerged plants as well as microscopic algae and bacteria.\u00a0\u00a0<\/h6> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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