Reducing the effects of dredged material levees on coastal marsh function: Sediment deposition and nekton utilization

Environmental Management

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 671-685

  Reed, Denise J ^a   Peterson, Mark S ^b   Lezina, Brian J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal Louisiana; Dredged material; Hurricane; Marshes; Nekton utilization; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

CANALS; DREDGES; FLOODS; HURRICANES; PIPELINES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

COASTAL LOUISIANA; DREDGED MATERIAL; MARSHES; NEKTON UTILIZATION;

LEVEES;

WATER;

DREDGE SPOIL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT USE; LEVEE; NEKTON; SEDIMENTATION;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DREDGING; DRILL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; FLOOD TIDE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; HYPOTHESIS; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLING; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SPRING; TRANSPORT KINETICS; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

DISASTER PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LOUISIANA; NATURAL DISASTERS; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645399046     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0223-6     Document Type: Article

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