Murray State University

Dr. Michael Flinn of Murray State University monitored and quantified a suite of biological responses to wetland restoration. Factors included hydrology, sediment, surface water nutrients (nitrogen), vegetation, freshwater invertebrates, fish, herpetofauna, birds and bats.

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Publications:

• Stryszowska-Hill, K.M., K.A. Baumann, H.H. Whiteman, M.B. Flinn. (2022) Wetlands Reserve Program restorations improve floristic quality of understory plant community over time, but community differs from reference wetlands. Restoration Ecology doi.org/10.1111/rec.13765, Vol.31:3:e13765.
  • Wetlands Reserve Program restorations improve floristic quality of understory plant community over time, but community differs from reference wetlands
• Soldo, Christiane M. Ms., “Return of Floodplain Connectivity and Concurrent Macroinvertebrate Community Response Following Wetland Restoration in Western Kentucky” (2022). Murray State Theses and Dissertations. 263. 
  • Return of Floodplain Connectivity and Concurrent Macroinvertebrate Community Response Following Wetland Restoration in Western Kentucky
• Zuklic, Lucas, “Fish communities respond to hydrology and elevation in restored western Kentucky wetlands” (2022). Murray State Theses and Dissertations. 266.
  • Fish communities respond to hydrology and elevation in restored western Kentucky wetlands

In Preparation:

• Lucas M. Zuklic, Karen A. Baumann, Kinga M. Stryszowska-Hill, Michael B. Flinn. In prep. Hydrology influences fish communities in restored wetlands.
• Christiane M. Soldo, Karen A. Baumann, Kinga M. Stryszowska-Hill, Michael B. Flinn. In prep. Response of macroinvertebrates to wetland restoration under differing hydrologic modification.
• Tyler A. Befus, Karen A. Baumann, Kinga M. Stryzowska-Hill, Michael B. Flinn. In prep. Denitrification in restored wetlands shows high potential with optimum hydrology. 
• Karen A. Baumann, Nathan Waltmon, Kinga M. Stryzowska-Hill, Michael B. Flinn. In prep. Bat activity in restored wetlands tightly coupled with insect emergence and canopy cover. 
• Moon, J.B., Miles, M., Firkins, L., Baumann, K., and Flinn, M. In Prep. Sediment, Carbon, and Nitrogen Storage Potential of ACEP WREs in the Upper Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Target Journal: Wetlands.