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Demonstration of Littoral Zone Habitat Restoration Alternatives (Designs) Adjacent to an Industrial Waterway

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Date Issued:
1996
Summary:
This Early Action Plan Demonstration Project was proposed to demonstrate the ecological results of littoral zone habitat restoration adjacent to industrial waterways. Specific objectives of the project included: providing a visual demonstration of several methods to create or retrofit and restore littoral zone habitat in industrial waterways which have been hardened by vertical sea walls; providing information to industries, ports, local citizens, and municipalities within the Tampa Bay Region about the benefits and monetary requirements of replacing hardened shorelines with alternative retaining materials; providing public education at the demonstration site about the function and importance of the littoral zone habitat and the connection between the bay, littoral zone, wetland, and upland habitats; and removing exotic plants on site.
Title: Demonstration of Littoral Zone Habitat Restoration Alternatives (Designs) Adjacent to an Industrial Waterway: Gandy Bridge, Tampa Bay, Florida.
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Name(s): Tampa Bay National Estuary Program
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Bibliography
Issuance: multipart monograph
Date Issued: 1996
Publisher: Tampa Bay National Estuary Program]
Place of Publication: [St. Petersburg, FL
Physical Form: print
Extent: [30] p. : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Language(s): eng
Summary: This Early Action Plan Demonstration Project was proposed to demonstrate the ecological results of littoral zone habitat restoration adjacent to industrial waterways. Specific objectives of the project included: providing a visual demonstration of several methods to create or retrofit and restore littoral zone habitat in industrial waterways which have been hardened by vertical sea walls; providing information to industries, ports, local citizens, and municipalities within the Tampa Bay Region about the benefits and monetary requirements of replacing hardened shorelines with alternative retaining materials; providing public education at the demonstration site about the function and importance of the littoral zone habitat and the connection between the bay, littoral zone, wetland, and upland habitats; and removing exotic plants on site.
Identifier: 39841101 (oclc), fgcu_swfe_0420 (IID), AAA3761 QF
Note(s): Includes bibliographical references.
Final report, August 1996.
Subject(s): Intertidal zonation -- Florida
Shorelines -- Florida -- Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay (Fla.)
Charlotte Harbor Information Resource Center documents
Held by: SUS01 FCL01
Held by: SUS01 FCL01
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fgcu/fd/fgcu_swfe_0420
Use and Reproduction: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Host Institution: FGCU
Is Part of Series: Technical publication (Tampa Bay National Estuary Program) ; no. 17-96.