HR: 10:40h
AN: H22A-02    [Abstracts]
TI: Observations On Some Upper Amazonian Wetlands of Southeastern Peru
AU: * Householder, J E
EM: j.e.householder@tcu.edu
AF: Environmental Science, 2950 W. Bowie Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 76129, United States
AU: * Householder, J E
EM: j.e.householder@tcu.edu
AF: Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 509 Pecan St., Suite 101, Fort Worth, TX 76102- 4060, United States
AU: Muttiah, R
EM: r.muttiah@tcu.edu
AF: Environmental Science, 2950 W. Bowie Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 76129, United States
AU: Khanal, S
EM: suresh_khanal@hotmail.com
AF: Environmental Science, 2950 W. Bowie Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 76129, United States
AB: Upper Amazonian wetlands represent little studied, poorly understood, and grossly under protected systems. Scientific investigation of Amazonian wetlands is in its infancy; nor is there much known about their ecological services. Regionally, wetlands form a ubiquitous and significant component of floodplain habitat fed by perennial springs as well as overland runoff. Locally, wetland vegetation forms bewilderingly complex vegetation mosaics that seem to be governed by local topography and hydrology. Drawing upon intensive field campaigns and remotely sensed imagery, we summarize the results and experiences gathered in wetlands of southeastern Peru.
DE: 0476 Plant ecology (1851)
DE: 0480 Remote sensing
DE: 1890 Wetlands (0497)
SC: Hydrology [H]
MN: 2007 Joint Assembly