SGER: The Impact of Hurricanes on Native Plants

SGER：飓风对本土植物的影响

• 批准号: 0618457
• 负责人: Susan Mopper
• 金额: $ 2.48万
• 依托单位: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-03-15 至 2007-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0618457&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SGER; Impact; Hurricanes; Native; Plants

Wetlands support a higher diversity of species than most ecosystems and have many important functions including sheltering fish and wildlife, nutrient cycling, and flood protection. Roughly 30 percent of the nation's plant life is contained by wetlands that encompass only 5 percent of the land area. It is virtually unprecedented for two major hurricanes to strike the same geographic region within 30 days, as occurred in the summer of 2005 with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Louisiana wetlands were particularly hard-hit by flooding and saltwater intrusion. This project will assess the extent of the damage to native plants and determine the ability of impacted plant populations to recover from the severe disturbance.

湿地比大多数生态系统支持更高的物种多样性，并具有许多重要功能，包括庇护鱼类和野生动物，营养循环和防洪。全国大约30%的植物生活在仅占陆地面积5%的湿地中。像2005年夏天的卡特里娜飓风和丽塔飓风那样，在30天内袭击同一地理区域几乎是前所未有的。 路易斯安那州的湿地受到洪水和盐水入侵的打击尤其严重。该项目将评估本地植物受到的损害程度，并确定受影响植物种群从严重干扰中恢复的能力。