A Study of the Placement of Materials Dredged from Texas Ports and Waterways, Volume 1

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Texas Coastal Management Program, 1977 - Dredging

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Contents

A Determination of the Volumes of Dredged Materials
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A Study of the Placement of Materials Dredged from Texas Ports and Waterways ...
Espey, Huston & Associates
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ac-ft Areas especially suited Areas of unique Bayou bird rookeries Muskrat Brazos Island CHANNEL MILE CHEMICAL concentration where shoreline contaminated disposal areas dredged material dredging and disposal DREDGING FREQUENCY Endangered species Fish-eating exchange passes Freshwater Fish-eating bird rookeries flats Marshes Spawning food web critical fragile or vulnerable Galveston Bay GIWW Grass flats Marshes grounds Water exchange Gulf Intracoastal Waterway habitat hazard if developed high natural productivity Houston Ship Channel main channel MAINTENANCE DREDGING Marshes Spawning grounds Matagorda Matagorda Bay material disposal numbers nutria opportunity Areas especially passes Freshwater input polluted Port Port Isabel Port Lavaca Region Sabine Lake San Antonio Bay San Bernard River sediment chemistry data sediments shoaling rates shoreline utilization Spawning grounds Water species Fish-eating bird spoil substantial recreational value TABLE B-2 cont'd Texas trophic levels Turning Basin two-mile reach USACE value or opportunity Water exchange passes Waterway wildlife x x x x

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TitleA Study of the Placement of Materials Dredged from Texas Ports and Waterways, Volume 1
A Study of the Placement of Materials Dredged from Texas Ports and Waterways, Texas. Coastal Management Program
AuthorEspey, Huston & Associates
ContributorsTexas. General Land Office, Texas. Coastal Management Program
PublisherTexas Coastal Management Program, 1977
  
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