Ecological tradeoffs of stabilized salt marshes as a shoreline protection strategy: Effects of artificial structures on macrobenthic assemblages

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 469-481

  Bilkovic, D M ^a   Mitchell, M M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Chesapeake Bay; Created wetlands; Erosion control; Estuarine habitats; Fringing marsh; Living shoreline; Marsh sill; Restoration; Shallow subtidal; Shoreline hardening

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; CHESAPEAKE BAY; CREATED WETLANDS; EROSION CONTROL; ESTUARINE HABITATS; FRINGING MARSH; LIVING SHORELINE; MARSH-SILL; SHALLOW-SUBTIDAL;

ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; FEEDING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRODUCTIVITY; RESTORATION; SEDIMENTS; STABILIZATION;

WETLANDS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EROSION CONTROL; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT TYPE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROBENTHOS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SALTMARSH; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SHORELINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABILIZATION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TRADE-OFF;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887534801     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.10.011     Document Type: Article

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