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Redhead: Aythya americana Redhead: Aythya americana
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Marc C. Woodin, Thomas C. Michot
Managing agricultural wetlands for waterbirds in the coastal regions of Louisiana, U.S.A. Managing agricultural wetlands for waterbirds in the coastal regions of Louisiana, U.S.A.
Rice and/or crawfish are cultivated in over 225,000 ha of shallow earthen impoundments within 160 km of the Gulf of Mexico along the coast of Louisiana. The region includes both the Gulf Coastal Plain and Prairie and the Lower Mississippi River Valley. Annual loss of 4,475 ha of coastal wetlands in Louisiana due to subsidence, erosion, and rising sea level has significantly reduced...
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J.V. Huner, Clinton W. Jeske, Wayne Norling
Water depth tolerances of dominant tree island species: What do we know? Water depth tolerances of dominant tree island species: What do we know?
Common woody species growing on tree islands in the Water Conservation Areas of South Florida include redbay, sweetbay, coastal-plain willow, wax myrtle, dahoon holly, cocoplum, pond-apple, red maple, cypress, gumbo-limbo, strangler fig and buttonbush. Very little is known about the flooding tolerance of most of these species. In this paper, we review flooding impact studies, describe...
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William H. Conner, Thomas W. Doyle, Daniel Mason
Mangrove ecology Mangrove ecology
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Philippe Hensel, E. Proffitt, P. Delgado
The development of a decision support system for prioritizing forested wetland restoration areas in the lower Yazoo River basin, Mississippi The development of a decision support system for prioritizing forested wetland restoration areas in the lower Yazoo River basin, Mississippi
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Angela A. Davis, Barbara A. Kleiss, Charles G. O'Hara, Jennifer S. Derby
Estimating the potential for submergence for two wetlands in the Mississippi River Delta Estimating the potential for submergence for two wetlands in the Mississippi River Delta
We used a combined field and modeling approach to estimate the potential for submergence for one rapidly deteriorating (Bayou Chitigue Marsh) and one apparently stable (Old Oyster Bayou Marsh) saltmarsh wetland in coastal Louisiana, given two eustatic sea level rise scenarios: the current rate (0.15 cm year−1); and the central value predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
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J.M. Rybczyk, Donald R. Cahoon
Sea-level rise and coastal disasters Sea-level rise and coastal disasters
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Stephen Leatherman, Virginia R. Burkett
Arthropods in decomposing wood of the Atchafalaya River basin Arthropods in decomposing wood of the Atchafalaya River basin
Changes in arthropod populations (numbers of individuals identified to the family level in most cases) were studied during the decomposition of coarse woody debris (CWD) in the Atchafalaya River Basin of Louisiana. The arthropod study was linked with a CWD decomposition study installed after disturbance by Hurricane Andrew. Arthropod numbers were compared between two canopy disturbance...
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B. Graeme Lockaby, B. D. Keeland, J.A. Stanturf, M. D. Rice, R. M. Governo
Modeling fish community dynamics in Florida Everglades: Role of temperature variation Modeling fish community dynamics in Florida Everglades: Role of temperature variation
Temperature variation is an important factor in Everglade wetlands ecology. A temperature fluctuation from 17°C to 32°C recorded in the Everglades may have significant impact on fish dynamics. The short life cycles of some of Everglade fishes has rendered this temperature variation to have even more impacts on the ecosystem. Fish population dynamic models, which do not explicitly...
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H. A. Al-Rabai’ah, H. L. Koh, Donald L. DeAngelis, Hooi-Ling Lee
The flood pulse concept in wetland restoration The flood pulse concept in wetland restoration
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Authors
Beth A. Middleton
Climate change impacts on U.S. coastal and marine ecosystems Climate change impacts on U.S. coastal and marine ecosystems
Increases in concentrations of greenhouse gases projected for the 21st century are expected to lead to increased mean global air and ocean temperatures. The National Assessment of Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change (NAST 2001) was based on a series of regional and sector assessments. This paper is a summary of the coastal and marine resources sector review of...
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Donald Scavia, John C. Field, Donald F. Boesch, Robert W. Buddemeier, Virginia Burkett, Daniel R. Cayan, Michael Fogarty, Mark A. Harwell, Robert W. Howarth, Curt Mason, Denise J. Reed, Thomas C. Royer, Asbury H. Sallenger, James G. Titus