System response, nutria herbivory, and vegetation recovery of a wetland receiving secondarily-treated effluent in coastal Louisiana

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 79, Issue , 2015, Pages 120-131

  Shaffer, Gary P ^a,b,d   Day, John W ^b,c   Hunter, Rachael G ^b   Lane, Robert R ^b,c   Lundberg, Christopher J ^a   Wood, W Bernard ^a   Hillmann, Eva R ^a   Day, Jason N ^b   Strickland, Eric ^a   Kandalepas, Demetra ^d  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Comite Resources Inc ^*  (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Wetland Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilation wetlands; Coastal Louisiana; Nutria; Wastewater treatment wetlands; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; FLOODS; NUTRIENTS; RECOVERY; VEGETATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; COASTAL LOUISIANA; HERBACEOUS VEGETATION; MUNICIPAL EFFLUENTS; NUTRIA; SOIL DECOMPOSITION; VEGETATION RECOVERY; WETLAND RESTORATION;

WETLANDS;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DISCHARGE; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GROWTH RATE; HERB; HERBIVORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MARSH; MUDFLAT; POPULATION DECLINE; RODENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATERFOWL;

HAMMOND; INDIANA; UNITED STATES;

ANATIDAE; MYOCASTOR COYPUS; MYOCASTORINAE; RODENTIA; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 84927161680     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.04.001     Document Type: Article

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