A feasibility analysis of discharge of non-contact, once-through industrial cooling water to forested wetlands for coastal restoration in Louisiana

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Hyfield, Emily C G ^a   Day, John ^a   Mendelssohn, Irving ^a   Kemp, G Paul ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling water; Forested wetlands; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COOLING WATER; RESTORATION; SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

FORESTED WETLANDS; WETLAND RESTORATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COOLING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; RESTORATION; SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; COASTAL WETLAND; CONSERVATION; COOLING WATER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SWAMP; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER QUALITY;

LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845610475     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2006.07.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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