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Wetland Research Paper

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Life Sciences: Grade 12
SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT OF THE REDDAM HOUSE WETLAND
By David Rooken-Smith

SECTION A: INTRODUCTION
The Aim of this research is to evaluate the wetland area at Reddam House and assess its suitability for use by Reddam Students, to assess the health of the wetland objectively - using biological and chemical indicators of health - and recommend any changes which may lead to the betterment of the space.

The research was carried out (as per the Research Proposal) according to the Californian Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM) Wetland Assessment framework, developed by researchers for the United States Environmental Protection Agency; as a way to assess the quality of Californian wetland areas. This method was deemed to …show more content…

There is some matter of various sizes. Litter layers, duff layers, and leaf piles in pools or topographic lows are thin.]
 Biotic Patch Richness: Rating C [Occurrence of aquatic beds, medium emergent monocot beds, short deciduous (Salix babylonica) and tall non-deciduous trees (high amount of Eucalyptus …show more content…

Research suggests that this could be due to the seasonal nature of the wetland (preventing most fish and amphibian species from establishing themselves – reducing available biological niches.) There are few tree species and a limited number of bird species – but this is probably a function of the extremely small size of the wetland. There was little evidence of ground-dwelling vertebrates (aside from a few field-mice) but this is also season-dependant, and observations were made during winter, when hibernation and a lack of resources are definite

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