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Title: Catastrophic flooding and distributional patterns of Pacific
cordgrass ("Spartina foliosa" Trin.).
Author: Zedler Joy B.
Citation: "Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of
Sciences," 85(2):74-86, 1986.
Year: 86
Abstract: The distribution of Pacific cordgrass ("Spartina
foliosa") is patchy within the southern California region, within
particular wetlands and within clones. Small-scale patchiness cannot be
fully explained by environmental variables. However, study of cordgrass
before and after catastrophic flooding has led to an alternative model.
It is proposed that establishment is most likely after fresh water dilutes
soil salinities and that expansion and persistence depend on previous
densities, disturbances, and competitors. Soil salinity is reduced with
episodic flooding, at which time cordgrass can establish seedlings and
invade suitable habitats. Clones spread more rapidly after flooding. Cordgrass
is establishment-limited, and historical events exert substantial control
over its distribution and abundance.
Notes: 6012 ecol $1.00 (no charge for single copies to California
residents); check payable to U.C. Regents. Causes of patchiness in Pacific
cordgrass
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NSGD#: LSU-R-87-002
Title: Effects of levee extension on marsh flooding.
Author: Wang Flora Chu
Citation: "Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management,"
113(2):161-176, March 1987.
Year: 87
Abstract: Western Terrebonne Parish, a low-lying coastal marsh
with numerous meandering bayous and small lakes, is located in south-central
Louisiana. An extension of the existing Avoca Island levee is proposed
for further providing flood protection to the area. This paper evaluates
the potential changes in the hydrologic regime and the area's hydrodynamics
caused by the proposed levee extension. The study area is modeled as a
network of junctions and channels. Riverine and tidal boundary conditions
are used as input to a watershed model that predicts the time history
of water level, flow, and sediment of the area. The response of the marsh
to flooding events is simulated with both existing and future conditions.
The results in terms of surface water contours, current discharge patterns,
and sediment concentration distributions are presented. The changes before
and after the levee extension are discussed.
Notes: 7047 engr Levees and marsh flooding
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NSGD#: CUIMR-R-82-057
Title: PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS ON THE EFFECTS OF FLOODING AND
DESICCATION UPON THE NET PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATES OF HIGH INTERTIDAL ESTUARINE
SEDIMENTS
Author: HOLMES ROBERT W; MAHALL BRUCE E
Citation: LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY, 27(05):0954-0958, 1982
Year: 82
Abstract: *****NO ABSTRACT*****
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NSGD#: NCU-T-83-007
Title: EVALUATION OF THE EXTENT OF HURRICANE-INDUCED FLOODING ON
COASTAL URBAN AREAS IN NORTH CAROLINA
Author: GOPALAKRISHNAN T C; TUNG C C; WEI J S
Year: 83
Program#: UNC-SG-WP-84-2
# Pages: 69
Abstract: *****NO ABSTRACT*****
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NSGD#: CUIMR-R-86-065
Title: A review of conditions associated with high sea levels in
southern California.
Author: Flick Reinhard E.
Citation: "The Science of the Total Environment," 55:251-259,
1986.
Year: 86
Abstract: Southern California is often considered immune from the
catastrophic flooding that periodically inundates the Atlantic and Gulf
coasts of the U.S. The generally mild weather and relatively sheltered
coast supports this popular conception. However a series of severe winters
(1977-78 and 1979-80) and the El Niño winter of 1982-83 have shaken
the idea that this highly developed region is beyond threat. This report
briefly reviews the large-scale and short-term conditions that lead to
anomalously high sea levels in southern California.
Notes: 7181 phys $1.00 (no charge for single copies to California
residents); check payable to U.C. Regents. Causes of anomalous flooding
in southern California
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NSGD#: CUIMR-R-81-024
Title: SHOULD SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BUILD DEFENSES AGAINST VIOLENT
STORMS RESULTING IN LOWLAND FLOODING AS DISCOVERED IN RECORDS OF PAST
CENTURY
Author: KUHN GERALD G;SHEPARD FRANCIS P
Citation: SHORE AND BEACH, 49(04):0003-0010, OCTOBER 1981
Year: 81
Abstract: *****NO ABSTRACT*****
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NSGD#: LSU-R-81-001
Title: COMPARISON OF THE VEGETATION OF THREE LOUISIANA SWAMP SITES
WITH DIFFERENT FLOODING REGIMES
Author: CONNER WILLIAM HENRY;GOSSELINK JAMES G;PARRONDO ROLAND
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Citation: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 68(03):0320-0331, 1981
Year: 81
Program#: LSU-CEL-79-17
Abstract: *****NO ABSTRACT*****
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NSGD#: LSU-R-80-032
Title: EFFECTS OF FLOODING DATES AND TYPE DISPOSAL OF RICE, "ORYZA
SATIVA", STRAW ON THE CRAWFISH, "PROCAMBARUS CLARKII" (GIRARD)
CULTURE IN RICE FIELDS
Author: CHIEN YEW-HU;AVAULT JAMES W JR
Citation: AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY ABSTRACTS AQUACULTURE NEW
ORLEANS, LOUSIANA 1980
Year: 80
Abstract: *****NO ABSTRACT*****
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Title: Changes occurring along a rapidly submerging coastal area:
Louisiana, USA.
Author: Salinas L. M.;DeLaune R. D.; Patrick W. H. Jr.
Citation: "Journal of Coastal Research," 2(3):269-284,
Summer 1986.
Year: 86
Abstract: Within the last century the Louisiana coastline began
an accelerated rate of retreat primarily due to rapid subsidence. Implications
of changes occurring along the rapidly subsiding Louisiana coast could
be of concern worldwide, because similar situations may be encountered
if the predicted global rise in sea level occurs. Coastal subsidence causes
numerous habitat changes. Various human and natural processes conjunctively
influence the rate of deterioration. Landward retreat of the wetlands,
in addition to causing land loss, promotes secondary effects such as saltwater
intrusion, aquifer contamination, loss of freshwater marshes and disappearance
of the present biota. Flooding will cause increases in salinity, waterlogging,
and anaerobiosis, killing native vegetation and eventually resulting in
open bodies of water.
Notes: 6139 chem Environmental consequences of coastal submergence
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NSGD#: LSU-R-88-018
Title: Storm surge simulation using new FEMA model.
Author: Suhayda Joseph N.; Young Myron H.
Citation: "Mathematical Computer Modelling," Proceedings
of the 6th International Conference on Mathematical Modelling, Volume
11, pp. 87-95, 1988. -URLP- http://nsgd.gso.uri.edu/hazard/lsur88018.pdf
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Year: 88
Abstract: The Federal Emergency Management Agency has recently
made available a very flexible storm surge model to simulate surges caused
by hurricanes. Inputs to the model include bathymetry, coastline configuration,
boundary conditions, bottom friction and other flow resistance coefficients,
surface wind stress, and atmospheric pressure distribution. Non-standard
features of the model include imbedded sub-grid features such as barrier
islands, roadways and channels, wind stress reduction over vegetated land,
depth variable Manning coefficient and a nonlinear combination of surge
and astronomical tide. The model has been modified and used to simulate
flooding in coastal Louisiana. This paper demonstrates the use of the
surge simulations to define flood protection options for engineers and
managers.
Notes: 0172 safe Storm surge simulation studies
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NSGD#: LSU-R-87-016
Title: Foreseeable flooding and death of coastal wetland forests.
Author: DeLaune R. D.; Patrick W. H.; Pezeshki S. R.
Citation: "Environmental Conservation," 14(2):129-133,
Summer 1987.
Year: 87
Abstract: With the prediction of future rises in sea level, coastal
vegetation is expected to be subjected to increasing degrees of inundation.
This paper examines the relationships between sedimentation, submergence,
and seedling survival in the Lake Verret watershed located in the Mississippi
River deltaic plain. Vegetation types here range from bald cypress and
tupelogum in the wetter areas to bottomland hardwood in the drier areas
which are located on natural ridges. Portions are flooded for extensive
periods of the year.
Notes: 0167 ecol Wetland forests and sea level rise
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Title: Rising water levels in coastal Louisiana: implications for
two coastal forested wetland areas in Louisiana.
Author: Conner William H.; Day John W. Jr.
Citation: "Journal of Coastal Research," 4(4):589-596,
Fall 1988.
Year: 88
Program#: LSU-CEI-87-09
Abstract: In recent papers, the impact of sea level rise on coastal
marshes has been detailed. Very little attention, however, has been placed
on the impact rising water levels might have on the more inland coastal
forests. In Louisiana, water levels are rising rapidly, and it has been
suggested that this will affect seedling survival. This paper is designed
to determine the historical trend in flooding patterns in two Louisiana
forested coastal watersheds. Apparent water level rise is greater than
sedimentation, leading to vertical accretion deficits; this deficit is
cumulative and is leading to a significant increase in the number of days
flooded per year in each basin. If present trends continue, the wetlands
forests in these basins will eventually be continually flooded and unable
to reproduce themselves.
Notes: 0170 ecol Impact of rising sea level on coastal forests
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NSGD#: LSU-R-88-024
Title: Hurricane-induced sediment deposition in a Gulf coast marsh.
Author: Rejmanek Marcel; Sasser Charles E.; Peterson Gary W.
Citation: "Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science," 27:217-222,
1988.
Year: 88
Abstract: Rates of sediment accumulation in four coastal marsh
communities in the Mississippi River deltaic plain, Louisiana, were studied
using feldspar clay marker horizons. The results indicate that normal
riverine flooding contributes relatively little (0.1 cm/yr) to marsh accretion
in the studied area. In contrast, even a minor hurricane can resuspend
sediments from shallow bays and deposit more than 2.2 cm of sediments
in "Phragmites australis"-dominated communities adjacent to
the bayous as far as 7 km inland from the bay shore. Hurricane-induced
sedimentation represents at least a partial compensation for prevailing
subsidence of marshes in abandoned delta lobes.
Notes: 0358 chem Hurricane-induced marsh sedimentation
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Title: Global change and freshwater ecosystems.
Author: Carpenter Stephen R.; Fisher Stuart G.; Grimm Nancy B.;
Kitchell James F.
Citation: "Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics,"
23:119-139, 1992.
Year: 92
# Pages: 21
Abstract: This review addresses the potential effects of global
climate change on lake and stream ecosystems. Concern for brevity severely
constrained the topics covered. This review is limited to fishes, which
interact strongly with lower trophic levels, illustrate key considerations
common to other aquatic organisms, and are significant to the public.
Although wetlands interact intimately with streams and lakes, consideration
is limited to their interactions with atmospheric chemistry. The review
is organized around two broad scales of change. Transitional scales pertain
to landscape-level shifts in location, morphometry, and persistence of
lakes and streams and their biotas over decades to centuries. Perturbational
scales pertain to events with return times of years to decades that affect
entire stream or lake ecosystems, such as floods, droughts, or fish recruitment
events. Ecosystem metabolism as an integrated response to climate, and
feedbacks between freshwaters and regional climate, are addressed, as
are uncertainties that should influence future research priorities.
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Title: Coastal Processes Manual. How to estimate the conditions
of risk to coastal property from extreme lake levels, storms and erosion
along Great Lakes shores. Second edition.
Author: J. Philip Keillor
Year: 1998
Program#: WISCU-H-98-003
Abstract: *****No abstract*****
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Title: Frequently asked questions about...Great Lakes water levels
and shore erosion. Two page fact sheet.
Author: Philip Keillor
Year: 1997
Program#: *****No program number*****
Abstract: *****No abstract*****
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NSGD#: *****NoNSGD number*****
Title: Planning for a wider range of water levels along Great Lakes
and ocean coasts.
Author: J. Philip Keillor
Year: 1990
Program#: WIS-SG-90-900
Abstract: *****No abstract*****
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Title: Web sites for information about storms, big waves and water
levels with an emphasis on the Great Lakes. (An 8 page Internet Notes
guide).
Author: Philip Keillor
Year: 1998
Program#: *****No program number*****
Abstract: *****Noabstract*****
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NSGD#: WISCU-H-98-003
Title: How to estimate the conditions of risk to coastal property
from extreme lake levels, storms and erosion along Great Lakes shores.
Author: J. Philip Keillor
Year: 1998
Program#: *****NO PROGRAM NUMBER*****
Abstract: Coastal Processes Manual. Second edition.
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Title: Frequently asked questions about Great Lakes water levels
and >shore erosion
Author: Philip Keillor
Year: 1997
Program#: *****NO PROGRAM NUMBER*****
Abstract: Two page fact sheet.
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NSGD#: *****NO NSGD NUMBER*****
Title: Planning for a wider range of water levels along Great Lakes
and ocean coasts.
Author: J. Philip Keillor
Year: 1990
Program#: WIS-SG-90-900
Abstract: In 1985 and 1986, the Great Lakes rose to new 20th century
record elevations; a water level rise similar to projected sea level rise
with global warming. In this journal paper reprint, the author draws some
lessons learned from private and institutional responses to the Great
Lakes crisis for those who face future uncertainties of sea level rise
and climate change on ocean coasts.
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Title: Web sites for information about storms, big waves and water
levels with an emphasis on the Great Lakes. (An 8 page Internet Notes
guide).
Author: Philip Keillor
Year: 1998
Program#: *****NO PROGRAM NUMBER*****
Abstract: This written guide contains many internet sites for information
relevant to both Great Lakes and ocean coasts. The internet version of
the guide is expanded and updated monthly and can be found at: http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/outreach/coastal_engr/publications/ce_publications.html
