Rehabilitation of impounded estuarine wetlands by hydrologie reconnection to the Indian River Lagoon, Florida (USA)

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-109

  Brockmeyer Jr , R E ^a   Rey, J R ^b   Virnstein, R W ^a   Gilmore, R G ^c   Earnest, L ^d  

^a ST JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Océanographie Institution   (United States)

^d DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fisheries; Florida; Habitat; Impoundments; Indian river lagoon; Mangroves; Mosquito control; Nursery; Reconnection; Rehabilitation; Salt marsh; Sulfides

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; HABITAT RESTORATION; HYDROLOGIC RECONNECTION; IMPOUNDING; IMPOUNDMENT; IMPOUNDMENTS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; RESTORATION; SALT MARSH; SALT MARSHES; SALTMARSH; TIDAL WETLAND; WETLAND; WETLAND RESTORATION;

USA, FLORIDA, INDIAN RIVER LAGOON;

CENTROPOMUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; ELOPS SAURUS; MUGIL CEPHALUS;

EID: 0031003415     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01876231     Document Type: Article

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