Influence of the Wax Lake Delta sediment diversion on aboveground plant productivity and carbon storage in deltaic island and mainland coastal marshes

Coastal Louisiana is experiencing a significant loss of coastal wetland area due to increasing sea level rise, subsidence, sediment starvation and marsh collapse. The construction of large scale Mississippi River sediment diversions is currently being planned in an effort to help combat coastal wetl...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Estuarine, coastal and shelf science coastal and shelf science, 2016-08, Vol.177, p.83-89
Hauptverfasser:	DeLaune, R.D., Sasser, C.E., Evers-Hebert, E., White, J.R., Roberts, H.H.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Carbon sequestration Coastal restoration Louisiana Marsh preservation Mississippi River River diversions Wetlands
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