Beneficial Use of Hydraulically Dredged Sediment-Slurries for Wetland Restoration: I. Hydro-edaphic Determinants of Vegetative Recruitment

Irving A. Mendelssohn (1) and Michael D. Materne (2)
Associate Investigator: Angela Schrift (1)
(1) Wetland Biogeochemistry Institute and Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University
(2) Department of Agronomy, Louisiana State University

Acknowledgements

This report was in partial fulfillment of Louisiana State University Account No. 169-54-4115, “Beneficial Use of Hydraulically Dredged Sediment-Slurries for Wetland Restoration: I,” sponsored by the Governor’s Applied Coastal Research and Development Program (GACRDP). 

We would like to thank Dr. Len Bahr, of the Governor’s Office of Coastal Activities, and Dr. Don Davis, Director of the Louisiana Applied and Educational Oil Spill Research and Development Program for their assistance throughout the project. We would also like to thank the graduate students and research associates of the Wetland Biogeochemistry Institute, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, and the Department of Agronomy at Louisiana State University who participated in various stages of the research. Funds from the GACRDP supplemented existing funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration via the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources under DNR Contract No. 2512-1-14, Task 5.4 “Factors Controlling the Restoration of Brown Marsh Sites with Small Dredge Enrichment.”  This report represents the final deliverable for both contracts.