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dc.contributor.author | Newling, Charles J. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Landin, Mary Collins, 1941- | en_US |
dc.creator | Dredging Operations Technical Support Program (U.S.) | en_US |
dc.creator | Environmental Laboratory (U.S.) | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-16T22:17:49Z | en_US |
dc.date.available | 2016-03-16T22:17:49Z | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 1985-07 | en_US |
dc.identifier.govdoc | Technical Report D-85-5 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/4633 | en_US |
dc.description | Technical Report | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | During the Dredged Material Research Program, six wetland and three upland habitat development projects were established at seven sites to demonstrate the feasibility of creating productive habitat on dredged material deposits. Wetland sites were Windmill Point in the James River, Virginia; Buttermilk Sound near the Altamaha River, Georgia; Drake Wilson Island in Apalachicola Bay, Florida; Bolivar Peninsula in Galveston Bay, Texas; Salt Pond #3 in South San Francisco Bay, California; and Miller Sands Island in the Columbia River, Oregon. Sites were also located in upland areas at Nott Island in the Connecticut River, Connecticut; Bolivar Peninsula; and Miller Sands. These sites have continued to be monitored since their construction (1975-77) until the present time. In addition, three natural marsh upland reference sites have been selected for comparison to the man-made sites. Data and research results are presented in this report. Results over an 8-year period indicate that all of the sites have developed and stabilized, and that they have all been highly successful. Despite a complete lack of management since construction, the sites maintain plant communities generally comparable to or more productive than those on the reference areas. Wildlife use exceeds that occurring on reference areas, and the sites are compatible with and contributing to the ecosystems of which they are a part. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Dredging Operations Technical Support Program (U.S.) | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers | en_US |
dc.description.tableofcontents | Executive Summary....................1 Preface....................8 Part I: Introduction....................11 Background and Objectives....................11 General Methods of Study....................18 Part II: Habitat Development Field Sites....................21 Nott Island Upland Field Site....................21 Windmill Point Wetland Field Site....................26 Buttermilk Sound Wetland Field Site....................36 Apalachicola Bay Wetland Field Site....................50 Bolivar Peninsula Upland and Wetland Field Site....................55 Salt Pond #3 Wetland Field Site....................72 Miller Sands Upland and Wetland Field Site....................84 Part III: Conclusions....................103 References....................104 Tables 1-52 Appendix A: Alphabetized Listing of Plants and Wildlife Appearing in the Text....................A1 | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 229 pages/37.26 MB | en_US |
dc.format.medium | en_US | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station | en_US |
dc.relation | http://acwc.sdp.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/1036503 | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Technical Report (Dredging Operations Technical Support Program (U.S.)) ; no.Technical Report D-85-5 | en_US |
dc.rights | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited | en_US |
dc.source | This Digital Resource was created from scans of the Print Resource | en_US |
dc.subject | Habitat improvement | en_US |
dc.subject | Habitat management | en_US |
dc.subject | Environmental management | en_US |
dc.subject | Land reclamation | en_US |
dc.subject | Wetlands | en_US |
dc.subject | Wetland ecology | en_US |
dc.subject | Dredged material | en_US |
dc.subject | Dredging spoil | en_US |
dc.subject | Environmental effects | en_US |
dc.subject | Dredging Operations Technical Support Program (U.S.) | en_US |
dc.title | Long-term monitoring of habitat development at upland and wetland dredged material disposal sites, 1974-1982 | en_US |
dc.type | Report | en_US |
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TR-D-85-5.pdf | Technical Report D-85-5 | 37.26 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |