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Strip mine reclamation [electronic resource] : criteria and methods for measurement of revegetation success. Progress report, April 1, 1979-March 31, 1980

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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1979.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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Pages: 32 : digital, PDF file
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University of Missouri--Columbia, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
During this contract period, research aimed at finding suitable methods and criteria for determining the success of revegetation in Midwestern surface coal mines was initiated. Particularly important to the experimental design was the concept of reference areas, sites from which the performance standards for reclaimed areas are to be derived. Because permanent rules and regulations for Public Law 95-87, the Surface Mine Control and Reclamation Act, were not yet promulgated, direct and remote sensing techniques for measuring plant ground cover, productivity, and species diversity were tested in 9 mine and 3 reference sites. At the same time it was arranged with 4 mine operators and state regulatory officials to begin working early in 1980 in about 12 matched pairs of mine and reference sites permitted under the new surface mine regulations. Data gathered in the 1979 growing season show that most unmanaged mineland pastures had lower average ground cover and production than reference pastures. No two sites, not even any reference areas, had plant species similarity indices greater than 75%. Remote sensing by digital computer image analysis of color infrared aerial photographs, when compared to ground level measurements, is a fast, relatively inexpensive way to determine plant ground cover and possibly biomass yields. But a remote sensing approach is inferior to standard surface methods when a detailed description of plant species is needed.
Report Numbers
E 1.99:coo-2758-6
coo-2758-6
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Published through SciTech Connect.
12/01/1979.
"coo-2758-6"
Carrel, J E; Kucera, C L; Johannsen, C J; Blanchar, R W.
Funding Information
EY-76-S-02-2758
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