Wetland habitat development with dredged material: engineering and plant propagation.

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dc.call-noTC187.D73 TR DS-78-16 1978en_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorU.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station.en_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:41:18Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:41:18Z
dc.date.issued1978en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description163 p.en_US
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dc.description.abstractMarsh habitat development using dredged material as a substrate was shown by the Dredged Material Research Program (DMRP) to often be feasible alternative to traditional dredged material disposal operations. This report synthesizes pertinent literature and research of the DMRP including six major marsh development field sites: Windmill Point in the James River, Virginia; Buttermilk Sound on the coast of Georgia; Bolivar Peninsula in Galveston Bay, Texas; Miller Sands, Columbia River, Oregon; Drake Wilson Island in Apalachicola Bay, Florida; and Salt Pond No. 3, South San Francisco Bay, California. Guidelines for developing marsh habitat are presented: (a) planning the project in relation to the proposed site and project goals; (b) engineering construction of the site including dredging operation; (c) propagation, maintenance, and monitoring of the site as habitat, including potential problems that may be encountered; and (d) costs. Emphasis is placed on two major areas: engineering and plant propagation. Engineering aspects and design of potential sites are discussed and include protective and retention structures, substrate and foundation characteristics, dredging operations, and elevation and drainage requirements. Phases of plant propagation are detailed in the text tables: selecting plant species for the propagule type, planting the site, maintaining and monitoring the site, pilot studies, costing the work, and allowing natural colonization.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeBolivar Peninsulaen_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.historyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/26708
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dc.locationTAMUG circulating collectionen_US
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dc.relation.ispartofseries966.00en_US
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dc.seriesU.S. Army Engr. Waterw. Exp. Stn. Tech. Rep. WES-TR-DS-78-16en_US
dc.subjectdredge spoilen_US
dc.subjectwetlandsen_US
dc.subjectvegetation coveren_US
dc.subjecthabitat improvementen_US
dc.subjectplanningen_US
dc.subjectengineeringen_US
dc.subjectcost analysisen_US
dc.subjectwaste disposalen_US
dc.titleWetland habitat development with dredged material: engineering and plant propagation.en_US
dc.typeBooken_US
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