Shifts In Soil Bacterial Populations Linked To Wetland Restoration Success
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 12:35
in Earth & Climate
Researchers have found that restoring degraded wetlands -- especially those that had been converted into farm fields -- actually decreases soil bacterial diversity. More than half of original wetland acreage in the U.S. has been destroyed or degraded, but some has been restored in recent decades under the federal government's "no net loss" policy.