Differences in tidal channel network geometry between reference marshes and marshes restored by historical dike breaching

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 563-573

  Hood, W Gregory ^a  

^a Skagit River System Cooperative   (United States)

Author keywords

Dike breaching; Landform allometry; Tidal geomorphology; Tidal marsh restoration

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRISMS; RESTORATION; WETLANDS;

DIKE BREACHING; ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS; ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC PROCESS; RESTORATION PROJECT; TIDAL CHANNEL NETWORKS; TIDAL MARSHES;

LEVEES;

ALLOMETRY; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; ISLAND; LAND MANAGEMENT; MARSH; PROJECT DESIGN; SURFACE AREA; TIDAL CHANNEL; DIKE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

EID: 84906505375     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.07.076     Document Type: Article

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