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Wetland classification systems define ponds and wetlands

Claim that wetland classification systems provide authoritative definitions that distinguish ponds from wetlands.

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“Wetland classification systems provide authoritative definitions distinguishing ponds and wetlands”

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wetland classification system defines pond definition authority

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Emergent vegetation coversubject
Emergent vegetation coverobject

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Reasoning chain: Wetland classification systems as authority for pond and wetland definitionsInferenceChain
Ponds are ecologically distinct in structure and functionAssociation

Evidence

“FGDC-STD-004-2013. Second edition reference on wetland and deepwater habitat classification.”

(2013). Classification of wetlands and deepwater habitats of the United States. FGDC-STD-004-2013. 2nd ed

“FAO Kenya Country Paper reference on wetlands by Kiai & Mailu.”

Kiai, S. P. M. & Mailu, G. M. (1998). Kenya Country Paper (FAO–Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1998)

“Bridgewater & Kim (2021) paper reflecting on 50 years of the Ramsar convention on wetlands.”

Bridgewater, P. & Kim, R. E. (2021). The Ramsar convention on wetlands at 50 link ↗

“Ramsar Information Paper No. 1 (2007) explaining wetlands.”

(2007). What are Wetlands? Ramsar Information Paper No. 1 link ↗

“Sand-Jensen (2013), book discussing Danish freshwater environments.”

Sand-Jensen, K. (2013). Nature in Denmark: The Fresh Water.

“European Commission glossary definition of "Pond", 2018.”

(2018). Pond. Knowledge for policy glossary link ↗

“IUCN (2021) glossary listing standard definitions of conservation terms, including wetlands and ponds.”

(2021). International Union for Conservation of Nature glossary of definitions

“Oertli et al. 2009: Discussion of pond conservation, connecting scientific knowledge to practical applications.”

Pond conservation: From science to practice

“Kalff 2002: Foundational limnology textbook.”

(2002). Limnology (Prentice-Hall Inc., 2002)

“USEPA 2016: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Wetland Condition Assessment report.”

USEPA (2016). National wetland condition assessment 2011: a collaborative survey of the nation’s wetlands

“USEPA 2016: Dataset and metadata files from the U.S. National Wetland Condition Assessment 2011.”

USEPA (2016). United States Environmental Protection Agency National Wetland Condition Assessment 2011 (nwca2011_siteinfo.csv, nwca2011_waterchem.csv, nwca2011_chla.csv, and corresponding metadata files)