Constructed crevasses and land gain in the Mississippi River delta

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-92

  Boyer, Mark E ^a   Harris, James O ^b   Turner, R Eugene ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; CONSTRUCTED CREVASSE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; WETLAND LOSS;

USA, MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA;

EID: 0030734968     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.1997.09709.x     Document Type: Article

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