A hybrid shoreline stabilization technique: Impact of modified intertidal reefs on marsh expansion and nekton habitat in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 90, Issue , 2016, Pages 352-360

  Sharma, Shailesh ^a,b   Goff, Joshua ^b   Cebrian, Just ^a,b   Ferraro, Carl ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^c Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal ecology; Ecosystem engineers; Essential fish habitat; Restoration ecology; Shoreline erosion; Smooth cordgrass; Wave attenuating units

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; EXPANSION; REEFS; RESTORATION; SHORE PROTECTION; STABILIZATION; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS); WETLANDS;

ECOSYSTEM ENGINEER; ESSENTIAL FISH HABITAT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHORELINE EROSION; SMOOTH CORDGRASS;

ECOLOGY;

BIOENERGETICS; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; GRASS; HYBRID; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARSH; NEKTON; REEF; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHORELINE; STABILIZATION; WAVE ATTENUATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 84958548217     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.02.003     Document Type: Article

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