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Wetland ecosystem services are priceless and irreplaceable.
Wetland ecosystem services are priceless and irreplaceable.
Photo by Barbara Moran
Surface Water Storage
Surface Water Storage
Wetlands provide a temporary water storage that reduces flooding after rainstorms, allowing it to either soak into the ground of evaporate.
Nutrient Cycling
Nutrient Cycling
Wetlands usually go through wet and dry cycles, which promotes decomposition and the recycling of nutrients back into wetland vegetation.
Photo by USDA Forest Services in Alaska
Photo by Center for Coastal Resources Management
Protect Shorelines
Protect Shorelines
Wetlands help protect shorelines by decreasing their chance of erosion and providing flood protection. Some riparian wetlands even help reduce flooding of inland systems.
Control Pollution
Control Pollution
Wetlands act as a filtration system, filtering out sediment, pesticides and bacteria out of the waters that make it through them. They even break down pollutants through biological processes.
Photo by California Wetland and Riparian Area Protection Policy
Photo by Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project
Carbon Storage
Carbon Storage
Wetlands store organic carbon in plants, animals and the organic soils.
References
Cover photo by Linnaea Mallette
California Natural Resources Agency. 2009. 2009 California Climate Adaptation Strategy. A Report to the Governor of the State of California in Response to Executive Order S-13-2008. http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/adaptation/
Clean Water Network, et al. Prepared by William M. Kier Associates. March 1998. Consulting Fisheries Scientists. Fisheries, Wetlands and Jobs: The Value of Wetlands to America’s Fisheries. http://www.krisweb.com/biblio/gen_cwn_kierassoc_1998_value.pdf
M. Sutula, J.N. Collins, R. Clark, C. Roberts, E. Stein, C. Grosso, A. Wiskind, C. Solek, M. May, K. O'Connor, E. Fetscher, J.L. Grenier, S. Pearce, A. Robinson, C. Clark, K. Rey, S. Morrissette, A. Eicher, R. Pasquinelli, K. Ritter. 2008. California’s Wetland Demonstration Program Pilot – A Final Project Report to the California Resources Agency. Technical Report 572. Costa Mesa, CA: Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. ftp://ftp.sccwrp.org/pub/download/DOCUMENTS/TechnicalReports/572_WDP.pdf
Snowm L. A, .Secretary for Natural Resources. (2010). State of the State’s Wetlands Report . California Natural Resource Agency.
Cover photo by Linnaea Mallette
California Natural Resources Agency. 2009. 2009 California Climate Adaptation Strategy. A Report to the Governor of the State of California in Response to Executive Order S-13-2008. http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/adaptation/
Clean Water Network, et al. Prepared by William M. Kier Associates. March 1998. Consulting Fisheries Scientists. Fisheries, Wetlands and Jobs: The Value of Wetlands to America’s Fisheries. http://www.krisweb.com/biblio/gen_cwn_kierassoc_1998_value.pdf
M. Sutula, J.N. Collins, R. Clark, C. Roberts, E. Stein, C. Grosso, A. Wiskind, C. Solek, M. May, K. O'Connor, E. Fetscher, J.L. Grenier, S. Pearce, A. Robinson, C. Clark, K. Rey, S. Morrissette, A. Eicher, R. Pasquinelli, K. Ritter. 2008. California’s Wetland Demonstration Program Pilot – A Final Project Report to the California Resources Agency. Technical Report 572. Costa Mesa, CA: Southern California Coastal Water Research Project. ftp://ftp.sccwrp.org/pub/download/DOCUMENTS/TechnicalReports/572_WDP.pdf
Snowm L. A, .Secretary for Natural Resources. (2010). State of the State’s Wetlands Report . California Natural Resource Agency.
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