Quantifying Habitat Benefits of Restored Backwaters

Abstract

The benefits of restoring riverine backwaters using weirs or other types of water control structures are evaluated. This approach allows: (a) site-specific characterization of backwater fish assemblages; (b) development of quantitative models of habitat quality; and (c) incremental estimation of habitat benefits of weirs with different crest heights. The technique is described within the context of two case histories for backwaters in the lower Mississippi River Basin based on empirical relationships between fish and habitat variables.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA380893

Entities

People

  • Jan J. Hoover
  • K. Jack Killgore
  • Russell F. Theriot

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aquatic Organisms
  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Drainage Basins
  • Environmental Assessment
  • Fish
  • Fisheries
  • Habitats
  • Littoral Zones
  • Mississippi River
  • Regression Analysis
  • Shallow Water
  • Water
  • Wildlife

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Riverine Ecology
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.