02964nam 2200661 a 450 991080683700332120230607220906.01-280-73905-3978661073905990-6299-796-1(CKB)1000000000334768(EBL)309964(OCoLC)173240786(SSID)ssj0000289013(PQKBManifestationID)12064980(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000289013(PQKBWorkID)10401189(PQKB)11498931(MiAaPQ)EBC309964(Au-PeEL)EBL309964(CaPaEBR)ebr10505628(OCoLC)750173845(EXLCZ)99100000000033476820020503d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrApproaches to coastal wetlands restoration[electronic resource] Northern Gulf of Mexico /by R. Eugene Turner and Bill StreeverThe Hague SPB Academic Publishingc20021 online resource (156 p.)Description based upon print version of record.90-5103-141-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 leveWetland restorationWetland ecologyWetland conservationWetland managementRestoration ecologyUnited StatesMexico, Gulf ofWetland restoration.Wetland ecology.Wetland conservation.Wetland management.Restoration ecology333.91/8153Turner R. E(Robert Eugene),1945-1676034Streever Bill705449MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806837003321Approaches to coastal wetlands restoration4041929UNINA