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Alizay Jalisi Johns Hopkins University ‘18 Principles of Estuarine Environment: Chesapeake Bay

Week 4 cont’d: Historical Ecology Paper 1: John Sanderson by Hugh Raup Questions/ points to think about ● Why did Raup write this in an anecdotal fashion? ● What happened when the Erie Canal was built? ● What is the role of the white pine? ● What role does the “human element” play? Other neat information ● Mass is 90% forested now and there are large animals again due to conservation efforts, but lumbering is an important industry -- cut selectively Paper 2: Ecology… by Foster & Mozkin Questions/ points to think about ● European settlement has dramatically changed forest compositions (types of species that are present) and landscape (forests to grasslands) ● FORESTS ARE DYNAMIC: Forest composition has become more homogenous and there are fewer variations with elevation and climate -- see figure 3 ○ 80% of forests have come back, but still a legacy of european settlement (no baseline on what forests should be)...