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Restoration of the Mississippi Delta: Lessons from hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Day, John W., Boesch, Donald F., Clairain, Ellis J., Kemp, G. Paul, Laska, Shirley B., Mitsch, William J., Orth, Kenneth, Mashriqui, Hassan +8 more·2007·Science

Abstract

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita showed the vulnerability of coastal communities and how human activities that caused deterioration of the Mississippi Deltaic Plain (MDP) exacerbated this vulnerability. The MDP formed by dynamic interactions between river and coast at various temporal and spatial scales, and human activity has reduced these interactions at all scales. Restoration efforts aim to re-establish this dynamic interaction, with emphasis on reconnecting the river to the deltaic plain. Science must guide MDP restoration, which will provide insights into delta restoration elsewhere and generally into coasts facing climate change in times of resource scarcity.

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  • Wetlands losses in the Mississippi Deltaic Plain have been 65-100 km2 per year due to reduced sedimentation and subsidence caused by oil and gas extraction and groundwater withdrawal.

    “The reduced sedimentation, and both natural and accelerated subsidence caused by extraction of oil and gas, and withdrawal of groundwater, have resulted in wetlands losses of 65–100 km2 per year [90].”

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Day, J. W., Boesch, D. F., Clairain, E. J., Kemp, G. P., Laska, S. B., Mitsch, W. J., Orth, K., Mashriqui, H., Reed, D. J., Shabman, L., Simenstad, C. A., Streever, B. J., Twilley, R. R., Watson, C. C., Wells, J. T., & Whigham, D. F.
Affiliations
Louisiana State University (US)
Corresponding author
Day, John W.
Venue
Science
Published
2007-03-23
Volume
315
Issue
5819
Pages
1679-1684
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2126231593
Cited by
846
References
37
Citations by year
2026: 39 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 34 · 2023: 42 · 2022: 28 · 2021: 49 · 2020: 58 · 2019: 62 · 2018: 45 · 2017: 48 · 2016: 58 · 2015: 51 · 2014: 54 · 2013: 64 · 2012: 42
FWCI
2.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Civil War Book Review (submittedVersion)
  • Smithsonian Digital Repository (Smithsonian Institution) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Earth-Surface Processes › Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Earth-Surface Processes › Geological formations and processes
Keywords
Mississippi Deltaic Plain, coastal restoration, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, coastal vulnerability, human impact on coasts, climate change adaptation, delta restoration
MeSH terms
Disasters, Engineering, Environment, Geography, Humans, Louisiana, Mississippi, Soil, Ecosystem, Geologic Sediments, Rivers, Wetlands

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