Hello to All, First I'd like to say that I have been a silent participant of this list for several years. I have found it to be informative, thought provoking and entertaining.
I am MS student of geography at Hunter College in NYC. For my thesis I am looking to identify trends in the historical ecology of Jamaica Bay through a temporal series GIS analyses. I have been exploring the many books available for the study of wetland ecology, but I don't have any way to evaluate them. Can someone recommend material that looks at basic wetland ecosystems (both tidal and freshwater) based on region, such as the northeast, more specifically New York or in lieu of this just a good textbook/book on wetlands. (Wetlands are not part of the curriculum at Hunter) I am also looking at the condition of spartina alterniforia in Jamaica Bay as it might be explained/defined/demonstrated by different transition models such as parnachy, adaption cycle etc. With Spartina alterniforia, being both native in New York and severely invasive elsewhere there is significant literature, although addition input is always welcome. S. alterniflora is being cultivated for wetland restoration and I was wondering where I might find information about its optimal cultivation environment. I'd also be interested in knowing if anyone else on the east coast has observed severe decline of saltwater marsh whose predominant species is spartina alterniforia. Thank you, Joy Joy Cytryn Hunter College New York, NY jo...@earthlink.net
