Use of geographic information system technology to compare the environmental impacts of human development on Mobile bay, Alabama, and Galveston bay, Texas

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dc.contributor.authorRoscigno PFen_US
dc.contributor.authorMcNiff MEen_US
dc.contributor.authorWatzin MCen_US
dc.contributor.authorJi Wen_US
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dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:16:22Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:16:22Z
dc.date.issued1993en_US
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dc.description825-837en_US
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dc.description.abstractGeographic information systems (GIS) can synthesize information rapidly and efficiently from many different sources. GIS-generated maps, which integrate multiple information layers, can provide managers with regional assessment of the impacts associated with development. Inn this study, information for Mobile Bay, Alabama, and Galveston Bay, Texas, was processed by using ARC/INFO to produce a regional synthesis of environmental impacts on fish and wildlife resources. The two ecosystems were then compared for similarities and differences in responding to these cumulative impacts. Analyses indicated that while each ecosystem experiences stresses from industrialization and urbanization, the magnitude and duration of these stresses differ. The ecosystems' different responses result from differences in sediment mineralogy, freshwater inflows, salinity patterns, and other factorsen_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/23340
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dc.notesCompilation and indexing terms, Copyright 2004 Elsevier Engineering Information, Incen_US
dc.placeNew Orleans, LA, USAen_US
dc.publisherPubl by ASCE, New York, NY, USAen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries50943.00en_US
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dc.seriesCoastal Zone: Proceedings of the Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Managementen_US
dc.subjectCoastal engineeringen_US
dc.subjectEcosystemsen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental impacten_US
dc.subjectManagement information systemsen_US
dc.titleUse of geographic information system technology to compare the environmental impacts of human development on Mobile bay, Alabama, and Galveston bay, Texasen_US
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