Hydrologic modeling in a marsh-mangrove ecotone: Predicting wetland surface water and salinity response to restoration in the ten thousand Islands region of Florida, USA

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Michot, B D ^a   Meselhe, E A ^b   Krauss, K W ^c   Shrestha, S ^d   From, A S ^c   Patino, E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

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

^c NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Fenstermaker and Associates   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Box model; Hydrology; Restoration; Salinity; Wetland management

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDROLOGY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; RESTORATION; SALINE WATER; SEA LEVEL; WATER LEVELS; WETLANDS;

BOX MODELS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; HYDROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; SALINITY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

SURFACE WATERS;

ECOTONE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MANGROVE; MARSH; MASS BALANCE; PREDICTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALINITY; SURFACE WATER; WATER DEPTH; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 85009380945     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001260     Document Type: Article

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