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Along the shores of
the Great Lakes are numerous marches and estuaries. These wetlands support
a great diversity of plant and animal life. Abundant aquatic and terrestrial
organism use areas either on a temporary or permanent basis.
As temperature rise, the water shoreline will fall. With that decrease in the water levels, some wetlands may not be capable of migrating with the shoreline, eliminating the important factors like species habitat, nutrient filtering, and flood protection that wetland contributes. |
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1. For the last century, how many percent
of wetlands has been lost in the state you live?
2. What shoreline characteristics must exist for a wetland to successfully migrate with a shoreline? |
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1. Lake-Aware Kids Engaged in Relevant Science
2. The Great Lake Erie 3. Great Lakes Instructional Materials for the Changing Earth System 4. Earth Systems - Education Activities for Great Lakes Schools Great Lakes Environmental Issues Life in the Great Lakes 5. Global Change in the Great Lakes Scenarios
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1. Wetlands in the Great Lakes Region http://www.great-lakes.net/ecosystem/wetlands.html 2. Canada's wetland habitats http://www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca/wetlands/wetlandframes.htm 3. Wetland Activities http://www.usgs.gov/fact-sheets/wetlands-activities/wetlands-activities.html 4. The Olentangy River Wetland Research Park http://kh465a.ag.ohio-state.edu/ORW.html 5. Wetland Metaphor http://www.fi.edu/fellows/owens/estuary/water/wetland_metaphor.html 6. Environmental New Networks http://www.enn.com/enn-news-archive/1998/02/020398/wetland.asp |
