Approaches to coastal wetland restoration : Northern Gulf of Mexico /

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Wetlands Lost The 1,879 thousand hectares of coastal wetlands in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) comprise 58% of the U.S. coastal wetland total (Turner and Gosselink 1975). These wetlands occur in every GOM state, although two-thirds of the GOM total are in Louisiana, and are typically associated with estu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Turner, R. E. (Robert Eugene), 1945-
Other Authors: Streever, Bill
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: The Hague, Netherlands : SPB Academic Pub., ©2002.
Subjects:
Wetland restoration > Mexico, Gulf of.
Wetland ecology > Mexico, Gulf of.
Wetland conservation > Mexico, Gulf of.
Wetland management > Mexico, Gulf of.
Restoration ecology > Mexico, Gulf of.
Zones humides > Réhabilitation > Mexique, Golfe du.
Écologie des zones humides > Mexique, Golfe du.
Zones humides > Conservation > Mexique, Golfe du.
Zones humides > Gestion > Mexique, Golfe du.
Réhabilitation (Écologie) > Mexique, Golfe du.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Ecology
Restoration ecology
Wetland conservation
Wetland ecology
Wetland management
Wetland restoration
Wetlands.
Ecologie.
Hydrologie.
Mexico, Gulf of > Environmental conditions.
Mexique, Golfe du > Conditions environnementales.
Gulf of Mexico
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Crevasse splays
  • Former agriculture impoundments
  • Backfilling
  • Managing spoil banks
  • Bay bottom terracing
  • Dredged material wetlands
  • Excavated wetlands
  • Thin-layer placement
  • Comparisons, applications and the future
  • Literature cited
  • Appendix 1. A lexicon of wetlands restoration
  • Appendix 2. Equivalent unites
  • Subject index.

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