Ecohydrology component of Louisiana's 2012 Coastal master plan: Mass-balance compartment model

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 67, Issue SPEC. ISSUE, 2013, Pages 16-28

  Meselhe, Ehab ^a   McCorquodale, John A ^b   Shelden, Jeff ^c   Dortch, Mark ^c   Brown, T Stokka ^c   Elkan, Peter ^c   Rodrigue, Mallory D ^d   Schindler, Jennifer K ^d   Wang, Zhanxian ^c  

^a The Water Institute of the Gulf   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c Moffatt and Nichol   (United States)

^d Fenstermaker and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

accretion; coastal; erosion; estuaries; hydrology; Modeling; sediment; water quality

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOHYDROLOGY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANNING METHOD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBSIDENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883137555     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/SI_67_2.1     Document Type: Article

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