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UNINA9910971777003321 |
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Autore |
Turner R. E (Robert Eugene), <1945-> |
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Titolo |
Approaches to coastal wetlands restoration : Northern Gulf of Mexico / / by R. Eugene Turner and Bill Streever |
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The Hague, : SPB Academic Publishing, c2002 |
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9786610739059 |
9781280739057 |
1280739053 |
9789062997961 |
9062997961 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (156 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Wetland restoration |
Wetland ecology |
Wetland conservation |
Wetland management |
Restoration ecology - United States |
America, Gulf of |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 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 |
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