A multiple habitat restoration strategy in a semi-enclosed Florida embayment, combining hydrologic restoration, mangrove propagule plantings and oyster substrate additions

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 394-404

  Milbrandt, E C ^a   Thompson, M ^a   Coen, L D ^b   Grizzle, R E ^c   Ward, K ^c  

^a Marine Laboratory Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation ^*  (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clam Bayou; Ecosystem services; Habitats; Monitoring; Oysters; Restoration; Sanibel Island; SAV; Seston uptake; SW FL

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOLLUSCS; MONITORING; OCEAN HABITATS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REEFS; RESTORATION; SHELLFISH; SUBSTRATES;

CLAM BAYOU; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; OYSTERS; SANIBEL ISLAND; SAV; SESTON UPTAKE; SW FL;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLUSHING; HABITAT LOSS; MANGROVE; OYSTER CULTURE; PROPAGULE; REEF; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SESTON; SHORELINE; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; SUCCESSION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; SANIBEL ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EURYPANOPEUS DEPRESSUS; OSTREIDAE; PANOPEUS; PETROLISTHES ARMATUS; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; XANTHIDAE;

EID: 84938065528     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.06.043     Document Type: Article

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