Guidelines for “Open Marsh Water Management” in Delaware’s salt marshes—Objectives, system designs, and installation procedures

Wetlands ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
William H. Meredith ◽  
David E. Saveikis ◽  
Chester J. Stachecki
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Salt Marshes ◽  
System Designs ◽  
Open Marsh Water Management

Waterbird Use of Saltmarsh Ponds Created for Open Marsh Water Management

1994 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 516 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Michael Erwin ◽  
Jeff S. Hatfield ◽  
Marshall A. Howe ◽  
Susan S. Klugman
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Open Marsh Water Management

Open marsh water management in the mid-atlantic region: Aerial surveys of waterbird use

Wetlands ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Michael Erwin ◽  
Deanna K. Dawson ◽  
Daniel B. Stotts ◽  
Lynne S. McAllister ◽  
Paul H. Geissler
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Atlantic Region ◽  
Aerial Surveys ◽  
Open Marsh Water Management

scholarly journals The evolution of saltmarsh mosquito control water management practices relative to coastal resiliency in the Mid-Atlantic and northeastern United States

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Wolfe ◽  
Paul Zarebicki ◽  
William Meredith
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Water Management ◽  
United States ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Salt Marshes ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Mosquito Control ◽  
The United States ◽  
Wildlife Habitat

AbstractSalt marshes are dynamic ecosystems that change in response to local geographic and geologic factors as well as sea level changes. Most east coast salt marshes are the result of rising sea levels since the end of the last ice age, about 20,000 ybp. To compound this natural process, anthropogenic manipulations for farming, development and other purposes have occurred for centuries. Alterations to salt marshes for the purpose of controlling larval mosquitoes at their source, at least along the east coast of the United States, have occurred since the early twentieth century. These alterations have included large-scale manipulations such as extensive parallel grid-ditching and impounding. Within the last 50 years, more selective source reduction methods such as Open Marsh Water Management (OMWM) have been employed with fewer deleterious impacts to marsh resources. Even more recently, the more holistic approach of Integrated Marsh Management (IMM) has been used with considerable success particularly in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states. IMM not only uses OMWM techniques but incorporates the judicious use of mosquito control pesticides, tidal flow restoration, impoundment management, wildlife habitat enhancement, invasive plant control, and selective shallow ditching (“runneling”) depending on local conditions and management plans. As many marshes are becoming wetter and either drowning or migrating inland (where possible) due to the effects of increasing rates of sea level rise, the compounding long-term impacts of parallel grid-ditching and past manipulations on marsh surface elevation and hydrology are being more intently studied. These changes in saltmarsh dynamics have had and will continue to have impacts on where saltmarsh mosquitoes are produced, which could have corollary effects on public health and quality of life near coastal communities. As salt marshes continue to change, mosquito control agencies can play a significant role in providing input for salt marsh restoration and management in addition to their primary objective of vector control and enhancing quality of life.

Habitat Use by Salt Marsh Birds and Response to Open Marsh Water Management

1986 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Brush ◽  
Richard A. Lent ◽  
Thomas Hruby ◽  
Brian A. Harrington ◽  
Robert M. Marshall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Salt Marsh ◽  
Habitat Use ◽  
Marsh Birds ◽  
Open Marsh Water Management
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