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



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Autore: Turner R. E (Robert Eugene), <1945-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Approaches to coastal wetlands restoration [[electronic resource] ] : Northern Gulf of Mexico / / by R. Eugene Turner and Bill Streever Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: The Hague, : SPB Academic Publishing, c2002
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (156 p.)
Disciplina: 333.91/8153
Soggetto topico: Wetland restoration
Wetland ecology
Wetland conservation
Wetland management
Restoration ecology - United States
Soggetto geografico: Mexico, Gulf of
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: StreeverBill  
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
Titolo autorizzato: Approaches to coastal wetlands restoration  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-73905-3
9786610739059
90-6299-796-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910451535103321
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