Wetland Management and Conservation (FAQU 413)- Quiz 2

Sea level rise results in wetland loss through

• increasing carbon content

• increasing evapo-transpiration rates

• inundation with salt water

• increasing species diversity

Under the climate change scenario, sea level is projected to rise due to....

• Increasing precipitation amounts

• Increasing temperature

• Increasing salinity

• All the above

NPP is an acronym for....

• Net plant population

• Net plant productivity

• Net primary plants

• Net primary productivity

The manipulation of a wetland to ensure maintenance of all functions and characteristics is termed......

• wetland conservation

• wetland monitoring

• wetland management

• wetland maintenance

Wetland management approaches should be both preventive and curative.

• True

• False

Which of the following is not a threat to wetlands?

• Salinisation

• sedimentation

• pollution

• reproduction

Which of the following is not a threat to wetlands

• Thermal alteration

• organic loading

• dehydration

• rehabilitation

The systematic collection of data over time is termed as:

• management

• inventory

• monitoring

• data maangement

A wetland management progamme involves the following activities except

• sustainable usage

• protection

• vulnerability

• manipulation

Planning of wetland management is a continuous long term process

• True

• False