http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/143634476

HYDROLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF CANADIAN PRAIRIE WETLANDS AND PREDICTION OF WETLAND INUNDATION IN RESPONSE TO CLIMATIC VARIABILITY

This study reviews existing wetland classification systems and comments on their relationships with hydrological regimes of prairie wetlands; examines hydrological regimes of wetlands at the St. Denis National Wildlife Area, Saskatchewan from 1980-90 and relates these to Millar's (1976) wetland classification scheme; and explores the relationships among snowfall, tree growth patterns, and wetland inundations at the St. Denis National Wildlife Area. A predictive model of seasonal wetland inundations was developed and tested in response to snowfall patterns that may prove useful in forecasting the likelihood of successful breeding by prairie ducks and the impact of future, predicted snowfall patterns on wetland abundance and permanence.

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