Tuning surface water management and wetland restoration programs with historic sediment accumulation rates: Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, east-central Florida, U.S.A.

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1268-1277

  Parkinson, Randall W ^a   DeLaune, Ron R ^b   Hutcherson, Charles T ^a   Stewart, Joseph ^c  

^a Coastal Tech ^*  (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Impounded wetlands; Marsh restoration

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; EROSION; IMPOUNDMENT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; MERRITT ISLAND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750022095     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/06A-0009.1     Document Type: Article

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