Implications of global climatic change and energy cost and availability for the restoration of the Mississippi delta

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 253-265

  Day Jr , John W ^a   Barras, John ^b   Clairain, Ellis ^c   Johnston, James ^b   Justic, Dubravko ^a   Kemp, G Paul ^a   Ko, Jae Young ^a   Lane, Robert ^a   Mitsch, William J ^d   Steyer, Gregory ^b   Templet, Paul ^a   Yañez Arancibia, Alejandro ^e  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Climate change; Energy; Mississippi delta; Salinity intrusion

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COSTS; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

DELTAIC PLAIN; ENERGY COST; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE; MISSISSIPPI DELTA;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WETLAND; DELTA; ENERGY; HABITAT RESTORATION;

LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20344368688     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2004.11.015     Document Type: Article

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