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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971777003321

Autore

Turner R. E (Robert Eugene), <1945->

Titolo

Approaches to coastal wetlands restoration : Northern Gulf of Mexico / / by R. Eugene Turner and Bill Streever

Pubbl/distr/stampa

The Hague, : SPB Academic Publishing, c2002

ISBN

9786610739059

9781280739057

1280739053

9789062997961

9062997961

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

StreeverBill

Disciplina

333.91/8153

Soggetti

Wetland restoration

Wetland ecology

Wetland conservation

Wetland management

Restoration ecology - United States

America, Gulf of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 estuaries, bays, rivers, and the lee-side of barrier islands. The objective of this book is to facilitate and encourage the restoration of these and other wetlands by reviewing the details of



construction and costs (which can range from 1 to 45,000 per hectare), and by evaluating case studies for leve