Approaches to coastal wetland restoration : Northern Gulf of Mexico /

Approaches to coastal wetland restoration : Northern Gulf of Mexico /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Turner, R. E. (Robert Eugene), 1945-
Imprint:	The Hague, Netherlands : SPB Academic Pub., ©2002.
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 147 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Wetland restoration -- Mexico, Gulf of. Wetland ecology -- Mexico, Gulf of. Wetland conservation -- Mexico, Gulf of. Wetland management -- Mexico, Gulf of. Restoration ecology -- Mexico, Gulf of. Ecology. Restoration ecology. Wetland conservation. Wetland ecology. Wetland management. Wetland restoration. Mexico, Gulf of -- Environmental conditions. Gulf of Mexico. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11102815

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Other authors / contributors:	Streever, Bill.
ISBN:	9789062997961 9062997961 1280739053 9781280739057 9051031416 9789051031416 9786610739059 6610739056
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-136) and index. English. Print version record.
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 levels.
Other form:	Print version: Turner, R.E. (Robert Eugene), 1945- Approaches to coastal wetland restoration. The Hague, Netherlands : SPB Academic Pub., ©2002 9051031416

Table of 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.