Wetland Accretion Rates Along Coastal Louisiana: Spatial and Temporal Variability in Light of Hurricane Isaac’s Impacts
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Research Problem
1.2. Study Area
1.3. Hurricane Isaac
2. Materials and Methods
Station Establishment and Sampling Data | |||
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Category | Pre Isaac | During Isaac | Post Isaac |
# of Accretion Records (Data Collection Stations) | 1007 | 535 | 802 |
Earliest Station Establishment | 9/30/2008 | 2/13/2012 | 9/14/2012 |
Latest Station Establishment | 4/18/2012 | 6/5/2012 | 9/16/2014 |
Earliest Sampling Date | 2/3/2009 | 9/3/2012 | 3/19/2013 |
Latest Sampling Date | 8/23/2012 | 11/14/2012 | 4/1/2015 |
Longest Sampling Period (Days) | 213 | 213 | 212 |
Shortest Sampling Period (Days) | 64 | 141 | 62 |
Average Sampling Period (Days) | 175 | 193 | 175 |
3. Results
ACCRETION STATISTICS | |||
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Category | Pre Isaac | During Isaac | Post Isaac |
# of Sites | 272 | 188 | 278 |
Mean (cm/year) | 2.89 | 4.04 | 2.38 |
Standard Error | 0.18 | 0.33 | 0.21 |
Mean, common sites (cm/year) | 2.85 | 4.39 | 2.13 |
Median (cm/year) | 2.28 | 2.79 | 1.58 |
Range (cm/year) | 0 to 35.08 | 0 to 28.84 | 0 to 46.58 |
Standard Deviation | 2.98 | 4.48 | 3.49 |
4. Discussion
4.1. Spatial Variability in Accretion during Isaac Period
4.2. Temporal Variability in Accretion
4.3. The Role of Hurricanes as “Land-builders” for Coastal Louisiana
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Bianchette, T.A.; Liu, K.-b.; Qiang, Y.; Lam, N.S.-N. Wetland Accretion Rates Along Coastal Louisiana: Spatial and Temporal Variability in Light of Hurricane Isaac’s Impacts. Water 2016, 8, 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/w8010001
Bianchette TA, Liu K-b, Qiang Y, Lam NS-N. Wetland Accretion Rates Along Coastal Louisiana: Spatial and Temporal Variability in Light of Hurricane Isaac’s Impacts. Water. 2016; 8(1):1. https://doi.org/10.3390/w8010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleBianchette, Thomas A., Kam-biu Liu, Yi Qiang, and Nina S.-N. Lam. 2016. "Wetland Accretion Rates Along Coastal Louisiana: Spatial and Temporal Variability in Light of Hurricane Isaac’s Impacts" Water 8, no. 1: 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/w8010001
APA StyleBianchette, T. A., Liu, K.-b., Qiang, Y., & Lam, N. S.-N. (2016). Wetland Accretion Rates Along Coastal Louisiana: Spatial and Temporal Variability in Light of Hurricane Isaac’s Impacts. Water, 8(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/w8010001