Forecasting the effects of coastal protection and restoration projects on wetland morphology in coastal louisiana under multiple environmental uncertainty scenarios

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 67, Issue SPEC. ISSUE, 2013, Pages 29-50

  Couvillion, Brady R ^a   Steyer, Gregory D ^a   Wang, Hongqing ^a   Beck, Holly J ^a   Rybczyk, John M ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coastal modeling; coastal restoration; diversions; Louisiana; marsh creation; sea level rise; soil organic carbon; surface elevation; Wetland change; wetland loss

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAND MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROJECT DESIGN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883144878     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/SI_67_3     Document Type: Article

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