title: Restoration of the Mississippi Delta: lessons from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
abstract: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita showed the vulnerability of coastal communities and how human activities that caused deterioration of the Mississippi Deltaic Plain (MDP) exacerbated this vulnerability. The MDP formed by dynamic interactions between river and coast at various temporal and spatial scales, and human activity has reduced these interactions at all scales. Restoration efforts aim to re-establish this dynamic interaction, with emphasis on reconnecting the river to the deltaic plain. Science must guide MDP restoration, which will provide insights into delta restoration elsewhere and generally into coasts facing climate change in times of resource scarcity.
authors: Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA. johnday@lsu.edu
authors: John W
authors: JW
authors: Day
authors: Donald F
authors: DF
authors: Boesch
authors: Ellis J
authors: EJ
authors: Clairain
authors: G Paul
authors: GP
authors: Kemp
authors: Shirley B
authors: SB
authors: Laska
authors: William J
authors: WJ
authors: Mitsch
authors: Kenneth
authors: K
authors: Orth
authors: Hassan
authors: H
authors: Mashriqui
authors: Denise J
authors: DJ
authors: Reed
authors: Leonard
authors: L
authors: Shabman
authors: Charles A
authors: CA
authors: Simenstad
authors: Bill J
authors: BJ
authors: Streever
authors: Robert R
authors: RR
authors: Twilley
authors: Chester C
authors: CC
authors: Watson
authors: John T
authors: JT
authors: Wells
authors: Dennis F
authors: DF
authors: Whigham
mesh_terms: D004190:Disasters; D017753:Ecosystem; D004738:Engineering; D004777:Environment; D005843:Geography; D019015:Geologic Sediments; D006801:Humans; D008145:Louisiana; D008922:Mississippi; D045483:Rivers; D012987:Soil; D053833:Wetlands
chemical_list: D012987:Soil