Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative(802) 656-0683femc@uvm.eduwww.uvm.edu/femc705 Spear StreetSouth BurlingtonVermont05403United States of AmericaVermont Agency of Natural Resources leadAn Evaluation of the Chemical, Physical, and Biological Characteristics of Seasonal Pools and Northern White Cedar SwampsWetland bioassessment of seasonal pools and white cedar swamps with an emphasis on determining presence/absence of macroinvertebrates. The effects of disturbance on the ecological integrity of seasonal pools and northern white cedar swamps were determined. Drawing on the expertise of the VT Nongame and Natural Heritage Program with the VT Department of Environmental Conservation's background in biocriteria development, this project captured a range of data on natural community composition and structure at these less common wetland sites.An Evaluation of the Chemical, Physical, and Biological Characteristics of Seasonal Pools and Northern White Cedar SwampsBurnhamDougSorensonEricbiogeochemistrycommunity compositionwhite cedar swampsseasonal poolsvernal poolsPhysical Parameters and Site Classification1999-01-012000-12-31Physical characteristics of each study siteTo assess chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of seasonal pools and northern white cedar swampsZ0332_PhysicalParametersVMC.332.352mySQLEric Sorenson. 2000. Physical Parameters and Site Classification. Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/an-evaluation-chemical-physical-biological-characteristics/dataset/physical-parameters-site-classificationhttps://www.uvm.edu/femc/CI4/data/archive/project/an-evaluation-chemical-physical-biological-characteristics/dataset/physical-parameters-site-classificationSiteSite NameName of site visitedtextDateDateDate of site visitdatetimeYYYY-MM-DDTownTownName of town site is located intextLatitudeLatitudeLatitude coordinateintdegree100000realLongitudeLongitudeLongitude coordinateintdegree100000realElevationSite ElevationElevation of siteintfoot0.1realVernal PoolsVernal Pools within 150 metersNumber of vernal pools within 150 meters of siteintWatershed AreaArea of WatershedArea of watershedintsquareMeter10000realOther WetlandsOther Wetlands within 150 metersNumber of wetlands within 150 meters of siteintCanopy CoverPercent Canopy CoverPercent of aboveground portion of site covered by canopyintpercent0.1real0100Pool AreaPool AreaArea of poolintsquareMeter0.1realPerimeterPool PerimeterDistance around poolintmeter0.1realWater DepthDepth of WaterDepth of waterintmeter0.001realWetted DepthTotal Wetted DepthTotal depth of pool, including water and pool sedimentintmeter0.001realReferenceReference Sitesites with a total disturbance rank of 3 or less and with no individual disturbance type ranked above 2 (moderate)textDisturbedDisturbed SiteSites disturbed by developmenttextPermanentPermanent SitePermanent sites based on observations over the two field seasonstext