Environmental Perception of Wetland Ecosystems
Hello All!
In the Fall we received this post from Toni Walkowiak, the most recent Rose Graduate Fellowship in Water Research recipient. Due to some web issues, we weren’t able to post to the blog so we apologize for this late posting but hope you now enjoy learning about the great work Toni is doing!
Autumn colors engulf an ancient glacial spillway that was once flowing with water and surrounded by wetlands.
(Photo taken by Toni A. Walkowiak)
It is that time of year again! The weather is cooling, the colors of fall are beginning to appear and families are packing up their summer toys. The seasonal fun of Summer is coming to an end. Our minds are, reluctantly, switching to apple cider, pumpkin pie, and the fall harvest, which makes this a perfect time to discuss water resources.
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快速免责声明 - 学习所有的水资源都远远超出了这项研究的范围。尽管如此，我承担了收集有关密歇根内湿地生态系统的服务环境感知数据的不同和值得尝试的挑战。我知道，你在想什么......在地球上？在非科学术语，我评估michiganders是否能够区分什么湿地办（其功能）以及人类如何从这些功能（它们的值）的野生动物的利益。
A coastal (marine) wetland nestled into Lake St. Clair Metropark within Macomb County, Michigan that helps to prevent flooding.
(Photo provided by Toni A. Walkowiak)
To make things even more complicated, I am asking people to describe wetlands, discuss what services they provide, and why these services are important to them. I also ask them to think about what internal and external values wetlands offer.
再次，你说......什么？认为它是这样的......湿地提供的生态系统服务不可估量的量。例如：湿地守卫从无数的洪水事件（函数），从而保护那些谁住在附近（内部值）的邻近地区;并且，湿地帮助充值，提供了在整个邻近地区饮用/灌溉良好的水质（内部值）周围的地下水（函数）。额外的：湿地提供动物/人消费（外部值）无数鱼类和其它两栖寿命（功能）;湿地还提供了丰富的，因为湿地（函数）提供的生物多样性的教育机会（外部值）。
Now we are cooking with peat (another external value provided by wetlands), and are able to dive into the specifics of my research design.
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(Photo captured by Toni A. Walkowiak)
Throughout this summer and early autumn, I have been canvassing door-to-door and cold calling to ask Michiganders for their participation with my research experiments (a life changing endeavor).
These experiments range from an online card sorting experiment, where participants sort 30 digital cards into 2 categories: functions or values; to a semi-structured focus group discussion/interview forum, which asks participants a series of 8 questions regarding the values (internal and external) of wetlands.
The purpose of these experiments are to gather data regarding people’s perceptions of wetland ecosystem services, and whether they understand how wetlands operate for the benefit of the surrounding ecosystem.
到目前为止，我的研究表明，参与者是由什么构成的湿地功能或价值混淆一点点。即，一些人认为，水质的功能。相反，水质是一个湿地为我们提供一个值。考虑这个...水净化是湿地执行功能，这是说，“水”是准备用于消费的另一种方式。因此，“水的质量”是一个值，因为消耗是通过湿地提供的益处。
Brimley Wetland Preserve on a rainy summer day in Chippewa County, Michigan on the Bay Mills Tribal Reservation.
(Photo supplied by Toni A. Walkowiak)
此外，人们似乎更受“不在我的后院（nimyb）”与该湿地提供全面服务的观念影响，我们从中受益。也就是说，人们宁愿流失和破坏湿地生态系统比找到一个替代的解决方案，将离开湿地完好，因为作为一个与会者说......“我希望我不支付的土地上，我不能使用税。”
A sad reality in many ways, but all the more reason this research will have a broader impact to inspire educators as well as water researchers to push for wetland educational reform and wetland protection reform. Clearly, we have yet to completely explore what wetlands are truly capable of as one of greatest natural resources this planet offers.
Palustrine wetland (marsh) with tall grasses and native species, situated near Lake St. Clair within Macomb County, Michigan, and aids with water purification. (Photo obtained by Toni A. Walkowiak)
幸运的是，这个研究，我发现阳光躺在隐藏齐佩瓦全县范围内的光：已创建，减缓法律之外的22个池塘湿地复杂，为了鼓励本土物种，其中包括回归：水鸟，昆虫，候鸟，草，树木等，这样的湿地复杂带来了希望对水的研究人员正在寻找证明人一起工作如何能有所作为的一线希望。
Munuscong Potholes (Image captured by Toni A. Walkowiak)
Munuscong Pothole complex (Image captured by Toni A. Walkowiak)
Munuscong Potholes (Image captured by Toni A. Walkowiak)
