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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

Streever, Bill.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wetland restoration.

Wetland ecology.

Wetland conservation.

Wetland management.

Restoration ecology--United States.

Restoration ecology.

America, Gulf of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

The Hague : SPB Academic Publishing, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610739059

9781280739057

1280739053

9789062997961

9062997961

OCLC:

173240786