Management strategies for the rehabilitation of the west unit of the Delta Marsh / Heather A. Bond.
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TextPublication details: Winnipeg, MB : University of Manitoba, 1996.Description: vii, 121 leaves : ill. , maps (some col.) ; 28 cmOnline resources: Abstract: Continuing loss of wetlands and wetland habitat has lead to greater interest in the restoration and managmenet of critical sites. The Delta Marsh, a complex of lacustrine wetlands located along the south basin of Lake Manitoba, provides important habitat for staging waterfowl and other wildlife species. A stabilized water regime on Lake Manitoba has resulted in decreased plant diversity, increased abundance of cattail (Typha spp.) and a shift in the species composition of waterfowl using the marsh. Although several plans to manage marsh water levels independently of those occurring in Lake Manitoba have been proposed,public concern and financial constraint have prevented their implementation. This study was initiated in response to landowner concerns of continued habitat deterioration, examined the feasibility of rehabilitating the 730-ha West Marsh unit of the Delta Marsh to conditions favoured by staging and resting waterfowl, from a biological,engineering, social, and financial p
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Thesis(M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 1996.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-116).
Continuing loss of wetlands and wetland habitat has lead to greater interest in the restoration and managmenet of critical sites. The Delta Marsh, a complex of lacustrine wetlands located along the south basin of Lake Manitoba, provides important habitat for staging waterfowl and other wildlife species. A stabilized water regime on Lake Manitoba has resulted in decreased plant diversity, increased abundance of cattail (Typha spp.) and a shift in the species composition of waterfowl using the marsh. Although several plans to manage marsh water levels independently of those occurring in Lake Manitoba have been proposed,public concern and financial constraint have prevented their implementation. This study was initiated in response to landowner concerns of continued habitat deterioration, examined the feasibility of rehabilitating the 730-ha West Marsh unit of the Delta Marsh to conditions favoured by staging and resting waterfowl, from a biological,engineering, social, and financial p