ABSTRACT
Wetlands store 25%–30% of the terrestrial soil organic carbon pool and thus play a significant role in reduction of carbon concentration in the atmosphere (MA 2005; Mitsch and Gosselink 2007). Moreover, wetlands also function for flood control, biodiversity, and habitat conservation. However, human activities such as converting wetlands to agricultural lands are fragmenting wetlands’ landscapes, disturbing their ecosystems, reducing their distributions, and degrading their biogeochemical and ecosystem functions (Waddington and McNeil 2002; Euliss et al. 2006). Thus, wetlands are among the most threatened ecosystems in the world (MA 2005).
