These classifications encompass a broad diversity of
habitat types, with great ranges of hydroperiod and
depth of inundation, including vernal pools and wet
prairies with a wet season water table at or barely
above the surface for a very brief duration, to cypress
swamps, hardwood swamps, sawgrass and bulrush
marshes inundated by nearly a meter of water for
many months. Most of these habitats respond specifically
to slight changes in hydrology and water
quality. There is a significant wealth of literature
stemming from many decades of research on the
functions and management of these wetland systems,
including restoration, but not climate change.