Use of Strategic Placement of Dredged Sediments to Support Horseshoe Island in the Atchafalaya River, Louisiana: A Preliminary Ecological Survey

• Main Authors: Berkowitz, Jacob F, Beane, Nathan R, Evans Burton, Darrell E, Corbino, Jeffrey M
• Other Authors: ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS VICKSBURG MS ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Hydrology; Limnology and Potamology; *SEDIMENTS; DREDGED MATERIALS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ISLANDS; LOUISIANA; WETLANDS; DREDGED SEDIMENTS; Horseshoe Island; Horseshoe Bend
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA609602; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA609602

This technical note describes an Engineering With Nature (EWN) project being conducted in the Atchafalaya River, LA. The current work presents a wetland classification, vegetation survey map, preliminary ecological inventory, and soil descriptions for an island receiving strategically placed dredged...