An inventory of seasonal forest ponds on the Quabbin reservoir watershed, Massachusetts

From: Northeastern Naturalist | Date: January 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

ABSTRACT - Seasonal forest ponds are unique habitats, and are the principal breeding habitat for some amphibians and invertebrates. An inventory of these habitats on the Quabbin Reservoir (Swift River) watershed (48,500 ha) in central Massachusetts identified and mapped 430 ponds. Two-thirds of the ponds (n = 286) were less than 0.05 ha in surface area and only 14 percent of the ponds (n = 60) were larger than 0.1 ha. The ponds were significantly clustered in spatial distribution. The surface area and spatial distribution of ponds suggest that they may exhibit attributes of biological ...

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