The Wetlands of Acadia National Park and Vicinity
Calhoun AJ, Cormier JE, Owen RB, O'Connell AF, Roman CT, Tiner RW, National Park Service, Acadia National Park. 1994. The Wetlands of Acadia National Park and Vicinity. Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station Miscellaneous Publication 721. Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station. Orono, Maine
Contents include: Introduction, description of the study area, purpose and organization of this report; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's wetland definition and classification system, introduction, wetland definition, wetland classification; National wetlands inventory mapping techniques and results, introduction, wetlands inventory techniques, results, summary; Wetland formation and hydrology in the Acadia region, introduction, geologic history, freshwater wetland formation, tidal wetland formation, wetland hydrology; The hydric soils of Acadia National Park and vicinity, introduction, definition of hydric soil, hydric soil characteristics, hydric soils in the landscape, hydric soils descriptions, hydric soils on the islands; Wetland plant communities, wetland communities; Wetland values, introduction, physical environment, biological values, human values; Wetland fauna of Acadia National Park and vicinity, waterfowl and other birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians, fish and invertebrates; Wetland protection, introduction, wetland regulations, wetland acquisition, future actions; Appendix 1, detailed soil descriptions; Appendix 2, plant species observed in the Acadia region's wetlands; Appendix 3, significant lakes and ponds of Acadia National Park. 'The purpose of this report is to describe the wetlands of Acadia National Park and vicinity. The formation of the region's wetlands is discussed, along with detailed descriptions of wetland soils, hydrology, vegetation, utilization by fauna, as well as wetlands' many ecological and cultural values. Moreover, based on maps produced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wetlands Inventory, statistics on the area and distribution of wetlands within the study area are provided. Wetlands encompass 12,847 hectares, or 20% of the Acadia region study area. The majority of wetlands are dominated by algal beds of the rocky shoreline, while forested wetlands, bogs, and fens dominate the Palustrine System. Wetlands of the Estuarine System (e.g., slat marshes, sand and mud flats) and Lacustrine System, including the region's many lakes, ponds, and associated littoral habitats, encompassed 20% and 11%, respectively, of the study area's total wetland area. Only 0.2% of the region's wetland habitat was classified as riverine. The report closes with a discussion of wetland protection techniques and recommendations to the National Park Service for maintenance and enhancement of wetland functions and values.' /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/Sand Beach/Big Heath/Bass Harbor Marsh/Witch Hole Pond/Northeast Creek/Aunt Betty Pond/Adams Brook/Otter Point/Seawall/Wonderland/Pretty Marsh/Fresh Meadow/Mount Desert Narrows/Eastern Bay/Adams Creek/Bass Harbor/Mitchell Cove/Thomas Bay/Pretty Marsh Harbor/Jones Marsh/Big Heath/Echo Lake/Eagle Lake/Jordan Pond/Long Pond/Bubble Pond/Long Pond/Aunt Betty Pond/Eagle Lake/Round Pond/Lower Hadlock Pond/Jordan Pond/The Tarn/Lower Breakneck Pond/Upper Breakneck Pond/Halfmoon Pond/Lake Wood/The Bowl/Marshall Brook/Lurvey Brook/Heath Brook/Little Round Pond/Schooner Head Road/Seal Cove Pond/Big Heath/Sunken Heath/Witch Hole Pond/Sieur de Monts Spring/Keiths Heath/Morrisons Heath/Seawall Bog/Upper Hadlock Pond/Long Pond Trail/Richtown Road/ISLE AU HAUT/Merchants Cove/Deep Cove/Long Pond/Great Meadow/Goat Trail/SCHOODIC PENINSULA/Mosquito Harbor/Cranberry Hill/Schoodic Point/ISLANDS/Thompson Island/
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Calhoun, Aram; Cormier, Janet; Owen, Ray; O'Connell, Allan; Roman, Charles; Tiner, Ralph; National Park Service, Acadia National Park
- Date of Issue
- 1994
- Publisher
- Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Adams Brook, Adams Creek, Amphibians (Amphibia), Aunt Betty Pond, Bass Harbor, Bass Harbor Marsh, Big Heath, Birds (Aves), Bubble Pond, Cranberry Hill, Deep Cove, Eagle Lake, Eastern Bay, Echo Lake, Fresh Meadow, Goat Trail, Great Meadow, Halfmoon Pond, Heath Brook, Hydrology, Invertebrates, Islands, Isle Au Haut, Jones Marsh, Jordan Pond, Keiths Heath, Lake Wood, Little Round Pond, Long Pond, Long Pond Trail, Lower Breakneck Pond, Lower Hadlock Pond, Lurvey Brook, Mammals, Marshall Brook, Marshes and Bogs, Merchants Cove, Mitchell Cove, Morrisons Heath, Mosquito Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Mount Desert Narrows, mudflats, Northeast Creek, Otter Point, Pretty Marsh, Pretty Marsh Harbor, Reptiles (Reptilia), Richtown Road, Round Pond, Salt Marshes, Sand Beach, Schoodic Peninsula, Schoodic Point, Schooner Head Road, Seal Cove Pond, Seawall, Seawall Bog, Sieur de Monts Spring, Soil Associations, Soil Types, Sunken Heath, The Bowl, The Tarn, Thomas Bay, Thompson Island, Upper Breakneck Pond, Upper Hadlock Pond, Water Quality, Wetlands, Witch Hole Pond, Wonderland