CONTENTS 



Preface ii i 



Acknowledgments viii 



CAUSES: CHANGES IN DISPERSAL OF FRESH WATER 



AND SEDIMENTS I 



Sedimentation and Apparent Sea-Level Rise as Factors 



Affecting Land Loss in Coastal Louisiana 2 



R. H. Baumann and R.D. DeLaune 



Assessment of Geological and Human Factors Responsible 



for Louisiana Coastal Barrier Erosion 14 



Shea Pen land and Ron Boyd 



Mudflat and Marsh Progradation along Louisiana's Chenier 



Plain: A Natural Reversal in Coastal Erosion 39 



John T. Wells and G. Paul Kemp 



Panel Discussion 52 



Gerald G. Bordelon, Johannes van Beek, Richard Hatton, 

 Ron Boyd, John Wells, Clarke Lozes and 

 Raf)hael Kazmann 



CAUSES: PHENOMENA DIRECTLY RELATED TO HUMAN ACTIVITIES . 59 



Wetland Loss Directly Associated with Canal Dredging 



in the Louisiana Coastal Zone 60 



W. B. Johnson and J. G. Gosselink 



Canals and Wetland Erosion Rates in Coastal Louisiana 73 



R. Eugene Turner, R. Costanza and W. Scaife 



Panel Discussion 85 



Roger Saucier, Andre Delflache, James G. Gosselink, 

 R. Eugene Turner, Michael Lyons, Joan Phillips, and 

 John Woodard 



CONSEQUENCES: EFFECTS ON NATURAL RESOURCES PRODUCTION 91 



The Effect of Coastal Alteration on Marsh Plants 92 



Robert H. Chabreck 



Effects of Wetland Deterioration on the Fish and 



Wildlife Resources of Coastal Louisiana 99 



David W. Fruge 



