Research Article
Aug 1975
Spartina Revegetation on Dredge Spoil in SE Marshes
Publication: Journal of the Waterways, Harbors and Coastal Engineering Division
Volume 101, Issue 3
Abstract
Spoil from the dredging of harbors, rivers, and the Inland Waterway when deposited on salt marshes often permanently destroy these important natural resources. Portions of destroyed marsh can be restored through transplantation of the major marsh plant Spartina alterniflora. This was accomplished in a typical silt-clay spoil site along the Intra-coastal Waterway in Georgia for less than –100/acre. Thirty percent of the transplants survived and are continuing to spread 18 months after planting. Elevation of the spoil is of prime importance for transplants and at lower elevations survival rates are as high as 75%. The use of seeds and nursery grown seedlings was not as successful; only 13% of the seeds germinated and none of the seedlings survived.
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Journal of the Waterways, Harbors and Coastal Engineering Division
Volume 101 • Issue 3 • August 1975
Pages: 269 - 276
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© 1975 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Aug 1975
Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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William M. Dunstan
Asst. Prof., Skidaway Inst. of Oceanography, Savannah, Ga.
Gregory L. Windom
Research Asst., Skidaway Inst. of Oceanography, Savannah, Ga.
Herbert L. McIntire
Assoc. Prof., Skidaway Inst. of Oceanography, Savannah, Ga.
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