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Tidal creek changes at the Sonoma Baylands restoration site

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Edited by: Magoon O.T.Converse H.Baird B.Miller-Henson M.

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Abstract

Over the past 150 years, human activity has had a major impact on tidal wetlands adjoining the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary Growing concern about the effect of this change on the ecology of the estuary has prompted Bay area managers to attempt to reclaim tidal wetlands. The Sonoma Baylands Restoration Project is designed to use dredge material to convert 348 acres from farmland to wetland. This paper describes changes to a tidal creek that flows from that restoration site to San Pablo Bay (north San Francisco Bay) through an existing tidal wetland during different phases of the project. Hydrologic measurements near the bottom of the creek and cross-creek profiles show how the creek responded to non-tidal flow conditions introduced by filling the site with dredge materials. At the time of this study, the creek had deepened by approximately 40 cm but had not widened.

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Dingler, J.R., and Cacchione, D.A., 1998, Tidal creek changes at the Sonoma Baylands restoration site, in Proceedings of the Conference on California and the World Ocean, v. 2, San Diego, CA, USA, 24 March 1997 through 27 March 1997.

Publication type Conference Paper
Publication Subtype Conference Paper
Title Tidal creek changes at the Sonoma Baylands restoration site
Volume 2
Year Published 1998
Language English
Publisher ASCE
Publisher location Reston, VA, United States
Larger Work Title Proceedings of the Conference on California and the World Ocean
Conference Title Proceedings of the 1997 Conference on California and the World Ocean. Part 1 (of 2)
Conference Location San Diego, CA, USA
Conference Date 24 March 1997 through 27 March 1997
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