owing to delta building at the Lower Atchafalaya River and Wax Lake outlets. 

 These processes encourage marsh restoration. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



This research was supported by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Contract No. 

 DACW 29-77-C-0I63, and the Coastal Sciences Program, Office of Naval Research, 

 Arlington, Virginia 22217. Part of the research was also supported by the Louisiana Sea 

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

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

 recognition should be given to R.H.W. Cunningham, R.D. Adams, and R.H. Baumann, who 

 collected and processed data from reports and files of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

 New Orleans District. Some of these data appear in this paper. Mrs. G. Dunn is cited for 

 her drafting of figures and Mr. K. Lyie for photography. 



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