Assessment of hydraulic restoration of San Pablo Marsh, California

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 98, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 69-92

  Grismer, Mark E ^a   Kollar, J ^a   Syder, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydraulics; Open channels; Restoration; Salt marsh; Tidal flows

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE CHANNEL SYSTEMS; MARINE LIFE; TIDAL FLOWS; WATERFOWLS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LANDFORMS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT CREATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; TIDAL CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FLOOD TIDE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARSH; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT; SPECIES HABITAT; TIDE; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ATRIPLEX; CALIFORNIA; CHENOPODIACEAE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SALSOLA; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN PABLO BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANATIDAE; HYPOMESUS TRANSPACIFICUS; RALLUS LONGIROSTRIS; REITHRODONTOMYS; SALICORNIA;

EID: 4344688833     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EMAS.0000038180.63065.36     Document Type: Article

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