Accession Number:

ADA216462

Title:

Mississippi-Louisiana Estuarine Area Study: Salinity and Circulation at and Near Bay Boudreau in Biloxi Marshes Eastern Louisiana

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MS HYDRAULICS LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Pankow, Walter
• Savage, Julian M.
• Teeter, Allen M.
• McAnally, Jr, William H.

Report Date:

1989-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

122.0

Abstract:

The US Army Engineer District, New Orleans, has conducted a long-term concerning the feasibility of diverting fresh water into the Lake Pontchartrain and Borgne basins in order to increase fish and wildlife productivity. This report describes a statistical analysis and a selected portion of the data acquired in the Bay Boudreau area by the US Army Engineer Waterways Experimental Station in support of the New Orleans District. The study approach, statistical analysis, spectral analysis and selected data are presented in this report. Keywords Analysis Bay Boudreau Diversion Field data Regression Salinity.

Descriptors:

• *ESTUARIES
• *FRESH WATER
• STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
• WETLANDS
• SALINITY
• MISSISSIPPI
• WILDLIFE
• FISHES
• EAST(DIRECTION)
• LOUISIANA
• BAYS
• PRODUCTIVITY
• ARMY FACILITIES
• SPECTRUM ANALYSIS

Subject Categories:

• Hydrology, Limnology and Potamology
• Civil Engineering

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE