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Sediment Quality Guidelines developed for the National Status and ...
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The sediment quality guidelines Based on the database assembled by Long et al. (1995), ERL and ERM values were calculated for 9 trace metals, 13 ...
Sediment Management Guide Supports Coastal Resilience by Identifying ...
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The Roadmap is a practical handbook on how to meet federal, state, and local requirements for sediment management to increase coastal resilience in ...
Thin Layer Sediment Placement Boosts Marsh Growth
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A new NCCOS study shows that spreading a thin layer of sediment on low-lying marshes promotes vegetation growth that builds elevation. The technique ...
Study Identifies Barriers, Opportunities for Beneficial Reuse of ...
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Sediment management is increasingly important as urbanization and climate change alter sediment fluxes, relative sea level, and coastal erosion around ...
[PDF] Evaluating Beneficial Use OF SEDIMENT for coastal habitat restoration
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sediment use for marsh restoration are poorly understood. site evaluations & historic data collection including as-built surveys, environmental and ...
Lake Erie Eutrophication Exacerbated by Release of Sediment Phosphorus ...
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Internal P loading from lake sediment contributes to eutrophication, but understanding this process in Lake Erie is more uncertain than for its ...
Sediment Flux Modeling: Calibration and application for coastal systems
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A critical component in modeling sediment fluxes is the organic matter flux to the sediment. A method is presented for estimating POM deposition ...
[PDF] Keeping it in the System: Beneficial Use of Dredged Sediment to ...
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waters and an adequate sediment supply is critical for marshes to increase elevation at a rate commensurate with local relative sea level rise (SLR) ...
Evaluating the Beneficial Use of Sediment in a Microtidal Salt Marsh
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The sediment placement project at Deal Island included intensive data collection efforts prior to placement (vegetation monitoring, elevation ...
Codevelopment of Modeling Tools to Manage Sediment for Sustainable and ...
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These systems represent a sediment rich, natural system, and a sediment poor, urban system, respectively. The models will link scenarios of sediment ...
Comparison of Chemical Contaminants Found in Hudson–Raritan Estuary ...
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Drs. Lauenstein and Apeti retrieve a ponar sediment grab from the Hudson–Raritan estuary. Credit: NOAA. Map of Hudson–Raritan Bays and watershed ...
New Study Shows Elevated Sediment Pollution Levels in Guánica Bay ...
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A new study from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) reports recent sediment samples from Guánica Bay, Puerto Rico contained some ...
Keeping it in the System: Beneficial Use of Dredged Sediment to ...
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We are developing a framework and process for matching dredging needs with opportunities for beneficial use of the sediment at local marshes, to help ...
Restoring Injured Seagrass Beds with New Methods for Re-Grading and ...
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Vessel groundings in shallow waters can damage fragile seagrass habitats, sometimes permanently. We are conducting scientific studies to assess new ...
Contributions of organic and inorganic matter to sediment volume and ...
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The model assumes that the bulk volume of sediment equates to the sum of self-packing volumes of organic and mineral components or BD = 1/[LOI/k1 + ...
Restoring Louisiana Wetlands Requires More Sediment, Say Scientists
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Based on a newly conducted study, an independent scientific panel reported today that existing Mississippi River freshwater diversions have not slowed ...
Mesophotic Reefs in Southwest Puerto Rico Shaped by Sediment Movement
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Sediment exerts a basic control on the character and distribution of both shallow and mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs). In a rare study focused on s ...
A 2025 Assessment of Metals, Legacy Contaminants, and Contaminants of ...
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The national Mussel Watch Program uses an ecosystem-based approach to monitoring, which entails measuring the concentration of chemical contaminants ...
Dispersal of Mississippi and Atchafalaya Sediment on the Texas ...
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A three-dimensional coupled hydrodynamic-sediment transport model for the Texas Louisiana continental shelf was developed using the Regional Ocean ...
New Report Evaluates Benefits of Using Dredged Sediments to Enhance ...
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NCCOS scientists have released the results of a three-year monitoring effort designed to evaluate the success of recent restoration efforts involving ...