A GULF OF MEXICO MARSH RESTORATION AND PROTECTION PROJECT

Proceedings of the International Conference on Coastal Engineering

Scott L. Douglass³  Larry Oliver¹  Lloyd Pitts¹  Caren Reid Dixon²  Carl Ferraro⁴ 

[1] Volkert, Inc;South Coast Engineers;University of South Alabama;Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

关键词: Marsh restoration;    marsh protection;    porous breakwater;    wave attenuation devices;    wave transmission;    Gulf of Mexico;    Alabama;    Bayou LaBatre;    wave tolerance;    living shoreline;   

DOI  :  10.9753/icce.v33.management.76

学科分类：建筑学

来源: Coastal Engineering Research Council

【 摘 要 】

A $3 million (US $) marsh restoration and protection project was constructed in 2010 along 1.6 km on the northern shore of Mississippi Sound near Bayou LaBatre, Alabama to restore about 10 ha of marsh and protect another 300 ha of an extremely productive natural salt marsh estuary – Little Bay.The project restored an historic marsh peninsula with 100,000 m3 of sand pumped from a nearby dredged material disposal area; extensive vegetation plantings including over 100,000 plants; and an offshore segmented, porous breakwater consisting primarily of individual concrete units called “wave attenuation devices” or WADs. The wave transmission characteristics of these “wave attenuation devices” were measured in original laboratory wave tests for this design.The wave transmission coefficient was found to vary, 0.4

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