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Comparison of shallow-water and marsh-surface habitats associated with pipeline canals and natural channels in Louisiana salt marshes

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6237671
The primary objective of the study was to assess the effects of pipeline canals on the habitat function of inside-levee marshes. The degree to which inside-levee marshes function as nursery habitat for nekton residing in canals was examined by comparing densities of nekton on marshes adjacent to pipeline canals (inside-levee marshes) and natural tidal creeks. In addition, shallow subtidal habitats in the two environments (canals and natural channels) were compared by sampling nekton along the marsh edge at low tide and measuring predator encounter rates in both habitats.
Research Organization:
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin, LA (United States)
OSTI ID:
6237671
Report Number(s):
PB-93-205607/XAB; CNN: DI-14-35-0001-30470
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English