Table 1. Long term monthly salinity averages (± SE) for Stations EC1, EC6, 

 and EC5, 1966 to March 1988, East Cove marsh unit, Sabine NWR, Cameron 

 Parish, La. 



Table 2. Recent monthly salinity averages (± SE) for selected 

 locations within the East Cove marsh unit, October 1987 to April 

 1988, Sabine NWR, Cameron Parish, LA. 



a n = 2 

 b n = 4 



OYSTERGRASS PLANTING 



Under the present water regimes, wiregrass communities directly influenced by Calcasieu Lake 

 are dying and eroding. Oystergrass is invading but at a slower rate than that which is needed to 

 maintain the soil. To increase the rate of oystergrass establishment, oystergrass plantings 

 were initiated in mid-winter 1988 on a Grand Bayou sandbar and on dead wiregrass root mats. In 



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