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John Day, Reed Goodman, Zhongyuan Chen, Rachael Hunter, Liviu Giosan and Yanna Wang
Due to increasing water use, diversion and salinization, along with subsidence and sea-level rise, deltas in arid regions are shrinking worldwide. Some of the most ecologically important arid deltas include the Colorado, Indus, Nile, and Tigris-Euphrates...
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John W. Day, H. C. Clark, Chandong Chang, Rachael Hunter and Charles R. Norman
Oil and gas (O&G) activity has been pervasive in the Mississippi River Delta (MRD). Here we review the life cycle of O&G fields in the MRD focusing on the production history and resulting environmental impacts and show how cumulative impacts affe...
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Gary P. Shaffer, John W. Day, Demetra Kandalepas, William B. Wood, Rachael G. Hunter, Robert R. Lane and Eva R. Hillmann
The Maurepas swamp is the second largest contiguous coastal forest in Louisiana but it is highly degraded due to subsidence, near permanent flooding, nutrient starvation, nutria herbivory, and saltwater intrusion. Observed tree mortality rates at study s...
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Rachael G. Hunter, John W. Day, Gary P. Shaffer, Robert R. Lane, Andrew J. Englande, Robert Reimers, Demetra Kandalepas, William B. Wood, Jason N. Day and Eva Hillmann
The Central Wetlands Unit (CWU), covering 12,000 hectares in St. Bernard and Orleans Parishes, Louisiana, was once a healthy baldcypress?water tupelo swamp and fresh and low salinity marsh before construction of levees isolated the region from Mississipp...
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