Will Overfishing and Proposed Mississippi River Diversions Imperil Louisiana Oyster Fisheries? Commentary and Review

Metal Speciation in Particulates in the Mississippi River in Louisiana

Cost analysis of water and sediment diversions to optimize land building in the Mississippi River delta

[1] Land loss in the Mississippi River delta caused by subsidence and erosion has resulted in habitat loss and increased exposure of settled areas to storm surge risks. There is debate over the most cost-efficient and geomorphologically feasible projects to build land by river diversions, namely, whether a larger number of small, or a lesser number of large, engineered diversions provide the mo...

Remnant Bottomland Forests near the Terminus of the Mississippi River in Southeastern Louisiana

The woody communities of seven of the most intact bottomland hardwood forests of southeastern Louisiana are described. The seven forests are on old levee ridges associated with past distributaries of the Mississippi River. The communities were divided by diameter size class into overstory (~10.0 cm dbh) and understory (3.0 cm 2 10.0 cm dbh). The overstory (27 species) and understory (24 species...

technical and legal parameters for determination of river boundary,( case study haraz river)

چکیده با توسعه شهر نشینی و دخل و تصرف غیر مجاز در حریم رودخانه ها خسارات زیادی به رودخانه و محیط زیست اطراف آن وارده می شود. در حال حاضر بر اساس آئین نامه اصلاح شده بستر و حریم رودخانه ها، حریم کمی رودخانه که بلافاصله پس از بستر قرار می گیرد از 1 تا20 متر از منتهی الیه طرفین بستر رودخانه تعیین، که مقدار دقیق آن در هر بازه از رودخانه مشخص نیست. در کشورهای دیگر روشهای متفاوتی من جمله: درصد ریسک...

Cysts of unknown etiology in fresh and brackish water fishes from the Mississippi River Basin, Louisiana, USA

The prevalence of cysts of unknown etiology (CUE) in fresh/brackish water fishes in the Mississippi River Basin, Louisiana, USA are presented. This constitutes the first report of these bodies in fish outside the marine environment. Notes Cysts of unknown etiology (CUEs) have been reported in the gills of several species of marine fish, predominantly in gadids. The term cyst of unknown etiology...