Water Resources Research Act Program

Details for Project ID 2014IL288B

Restoration trajectories of restored floodplain wetlands and their ecosystem services

Institute: Illinois
Year Established: 2014 Start Date: 2014-03-01 End Date: 2015-02-28
Total Federal Funds: $4,000 Total Non-Federal Funds: $8,000

Principal Investigators: Angela Kent

Project Summary: Our objectives for this project are to evaluate restoration trajectories of microbial communities and their function in restored wetlands through Illinois. We are further interested in identifying landscapes, design, or management factors linked wit successful delivery of microbial function, and to improve our understanding of how wetland restoration priorities influence delivery of microbial ecosystem services.