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The ecology of delta marshes of coastal Louisiana : a community profile
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Abstract : This document reviews and synthesizes ecological information and data on the extensive marshes of the Mississippi River Deltaic Plain. Over the past 6,000 years the river has built a delta onto the Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico. This low land is primarily marshes and represents about 227 of the total coastal wetland area of the 48 conterminous United States. The delta is notable for its high primary productivity, its valuable fishery and fur industry, and the recreational fishing and hunting it supports.
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“Louisiana, by contrast, has ample coastal wetlands that help to buffer coastal populations from storm surge events, with the current status of the wetlands being related to the geomorphic framework of channel belts and flood basins driven by the delta cycle (Gosselink 1984, Day et al. 2007).”
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“The Atchafalaya basin is the youngest and receives approximately one third of the flow from the Mississippi and Red Rivers.”
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“The Mississippi Delta plain is composed of six major drainage basins, each of which represents shifts (in time) of the major distributary of the river [89].”
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“The next youngest is the current Mississippi River Delta which receives approximately two-thirds of the river’s flow.”
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- Authors
- Gosselink, J. G., & National Coastal Ecosystems Team (U.S.)
- Corresponding author
- Gosselink, James G.
- Published
- 1984
- OpenAlex
- W2042492881
- Cited by
- 163
- References
- 101
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 11.53
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Louisiana State University
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Earth-Surface Processes › Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Keywords
- Delta Marsh, coastal Louisiana, coastal wetlands, marsh ecology, primary productivity, wetland fisheries, fur industry, recreational fishing, hunting, Gulf of Mexico continental shelf
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