Not exact matches
The findings have
important implications for New Orleans and other
coastal cities that rely on
coastal wetlands to serve as buffer from destructive extreme weather events.
«To protect these valuable resources, it is
important to study them and quantify what is causing
wetland loss in
coastal Louisiana,» said Wdowinski.
«These results are
important because they highlight the need to address land use in order to reduce both the size of the low oxygen zone off Louisiana and the negative effect of nutrients on
coastal wetland restoration efforts,» said Turner.