Plugging the leak: Barrier island restoration following Hurricane Katrina enhances larval retention and improves salinity regime for oysters in Mobile Bay, Alabama

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 94, Issue , 2014, Pages 48-55

  Park, Kyeong ^a   Powers, Sean P ^a   Bosarge, George S ^a   Jung, Hoon Shin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Hurricane Katrina; Larval retention; Mobile Bay; Oyster population; Recovery; Salinity

Indexed keywords

HURRICANE KATRINA; LARVAL RETENTION; MOBILE BAYS; OYSTER POPULATION; SALINITY;

HURRICANES; MOLLUSCS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RECOVERY; REEFS;

SHELLFISH;

FRESH WATER;

BARRIER ISLAND; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; HYDRODYNAMICS; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MOLLUSC; POPULATION DECLINE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STORM DAMAGE;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; HURRICANE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INCIDENCE; LARVAL RETENTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PAEDOGENESIS; PREDATION; RIVER; SALINITY; SPAWNING; SPECIES HABITAT; TSUNAMI; UNITED STATES; WATER TRANSPORT;

ALABAMA; DAUPHIN ISLAND; MOBILE BAY; UNITED STATES;

OSTREIDAE;

HURRICANE KATRINA; LARVAL RETENTION; MOBILE BAY; OYSTER POPULATION; RECOVERY; SALINITY;

ALABAMA; ANIMALS; BAYS; CYCLONIC STORMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; ISLANDS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSTREIDAE; SALINITY;

EID: 84893018179     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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