scholarly journals Net land gain or loss for two Mississippi River diversions: Caernarvon and Davis Pond

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 1231-1240 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Eugene Turner ◽  
Michael Layne ◽  
Yu Mo ◽  
Erick M. Swenson
Keyword(s):  
Mississippi River ◽  
River Diversions

scholarly journals Predicting landscape effects of Mississippi River diversions on soil organic carbon sequestration

Ecosphere ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. e01984 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongqing Wang ◽  
Gregory D. Steyer ◽  
Brady R. Couvillion ◽  
Holly J. Beck ◽  
John M. Rybczyk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Soil Organic Carbon ◽  
Mississippi River ◽  
Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Landscape Effects ◽  
Organic Carbon Sequestration ◽  
River Diversions

scholarly journals Diverting the Mississippi River May Not Save Louisiana’s Coast

Eos ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Wheeling
Keyword(s):  
Mississippi River ◽  
River Diversions ◽  
New Research

New research finds that man-made river diversions have previously led to land losses.

scholarly journals Mitigating the Effects of Sea-Level Rise on Estuaries of the Mississippi Delta Plain Using River Diversions

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2028 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric D. White ◽  
Ehab Meselhe ◽  
Denise Reed ◽  
Alisha Renfro ◽  
Natalie Peyronnin Snider ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Mississippi River ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Mississippi Delta ◽  
Coastal System ◽  
Restoration Planning ◽  
Delta Plain ◽  
Salinity Gradients ◽  
River Diversions

Using the Mississippi River as a tool for restoration has been a key element of restoration planning in Louisiana for decades. The results of allowing river water and sediment back into the coastal system are manifested in a number of places in present day Louisiana, with additional plans for large scale sediment and water diversions from the Mississippi River. Many previous numerical modeling studies have focused on sediment delivery to Louisiana estuaries. This study examines the effects of river diversions on salinity gradients in receiving estuarine basins. The Integrated Compartment Model, a planning-level model that simulates multi-decadal change in estuarine hydrodynamics and wetland systems under assumed sea-level rise scenarios, was used to assess the estuarine salinity gradient under potential management regimes. The simulations for current conditions are compared to a future 50-year simulation with additional diversions, as well as cases with a variety of diversion options. This modeling analysis shows that without additional action, 50-years of sea-level rise could result in substantial increases in salinity throughout the Mississippi Delta Plain estuaries. This can be largely offset with additional large river diversions which can maintain variable salinity gradients throughout the estuary basins.

scholarly journals Will Mississippi River diversions designed for coastal restoration cause harmful algal blooms?

2016 ◽  
Vol 91 ◽  
pp. 350-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric D. Roy ◽  
Emily A. Smith ◽  
Sibel Bargu ◽  
John R. White
Keyword(s):  
Mississippi River ◽  
Harmful Algal Blooms ◽  
Algal Blooms ◽  
Coastal Restoration ◽  
River Diversions
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