resources to continue to go beyond looking at effects and examine processes, we will not 

 know what our capabilities and limitations for management are. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENT 



This report is a result of research sponsored by the Louisiana Sea Grant College 

 Program, a part of the National Sea Grant College Program, maintained by the National 

 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. Contribution 

 No. LSU-CEL-81-37 of the Coastal Ecology Laboratory, LSU Center for Wetland 

 Resources. 



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