Tidal Marsh Restoration: A Synthesis of Science and Management

415 Pages·2012·4.732 MB·English

by  Charles T. Roman, David M. Burdick (auth.), Charles T. Roman, David M. Burdick (eds.)

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tidal marsh restoration

Tidal Marsh
Restoration
A Synthesis of Science
and Management
Edited by Charles T. Roman and David M. Burdick
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contents
foreword xiii
W.GregoryHoodandCharlesA.Simenstad
acknowledgments xvii
PARTI.Introduction 1
Chapter1. ASynthesisofResearchandPracticeonRestoringTides
toSaltMarshes 3
CharlesT.RomanandDavidM.Burdick
PARTII.SynthesisofTidalRestorationScience 11
Chapter2. PredictingtheHydrologicResponseofSaltMarshestoTidal
Restoration:TheScienceandPracticeofHydraulicModeling 13
JamesG.MacBroomandRoySchiff
Chapter3. BiogeochemicalResponsestoTidalRestoration 39
ShimonC.Anisfeld
Chapter4. VegetationResponsestoTidalRestoration 59
StephenM.SmithandR.ScottWarren
Chapter5. EcologyofPhragmitesaustralisandResponsesto
TidalRestoration 81
RandolphM.Chambers,LauraA.Meyerson,andKimberlyL.Dibble
Chapter6. AMeta-analysisofNektonResponsestoRestorationof
Tide-RestrictedNewEnglandSaltMarshes 97
KennethB.RaposaandDrewM.Talley
Chapter7. AvianCommunityResponsestoTidalRestorationalongthe
NorthAtlanticCoastofNorthAmerica 119
W.GregoryShriverandRussellGreenberg
PARTIII.ThePracticeofRestoringTide-RestrictedMarshes 145
Chapter8. RestorationofTidalFlowtoDegradedTidalWetlands
inConnecticut 147
RonRozsa
Chapter9. SaltMarshRestorationinRhodeIsland 157
CaitlinChaffee,WenleyFerguson,andMarciColeEkberg
Chapter10. RestorationofTidalFlowtoSaltMarshes:
TheMassachusettsExperience 165
HuntDurey,TimothySmith,andMarcCarullo
Chapter11. RestorationofTidalFlowtoSaltMarshes:
TheNewHampshireExperience 173
TedDiersandFrankD.Richardson
Chapter12. RestorationofTidalFlowtoSaltMarshes:
TheMaineExperience 183
JonKachmarandElizabethHertz
Chapter13. SaltMarshTidalRestorationinCanada’s
MaritimeProvinces 191
TonyM.Bowron,NancyNeatt,DanikavanProosdij,
andJeremyLundholm
PARTIV.IntegratingScienceandPractice 211
Chapter14. AdaptiveManagementandMonitoringasFundamental
ToolstoEffectiveSaltMarshRestoration 213
RobertN.BuchsbaumandCathleenWigand
Chapter15. RecoveringSaltMarshEcosystemServicesthrough
TidalRestoration 233
GailL.Chmura,DavidM.Burdick,andGreggE.Moore
Chapter16. RoleofSimulationModelsinUnderstandingtheSalt
MarshRestorationProcess 253
RaymondA.Konisky
Chapter17. IncorporatingInnovativeEngineeringSolutionsintoTidal
RestorationStudies 277
WilliamC.Glamore