The 1994 experimental opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway to divert Mississippi River water into Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 411-422

  Lane, Robert R ^a   Day Jr , John W ^a   Kemp, G Paul ^a   Demcheck, Dennis K ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonnet Carre Spillway; Ecological restoration; Lake Pontchartrain; Mississippi River; Nutrients; Overland flow; Stoichiometric ratio

Indexed keywords

HABITAT RESTORATION; LAKE WATER; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SPILLWAY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034942779     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-8574(00)00170-1     Document Type: Article

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