Perirheic mixing and biogeochemical processing in flow‐through and backwater floodplain wetlands

CN Jones, DT Scott, BL Edwards… - Water Resources …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Inundation hydrology and associated processes control biogeochemical processing in
floodplains. To better understand how hydrologic connectivity, residence time, and …

Managing the flood pulse for optimal fisheries production in the Atchafalaya River Basin, Louisiana (USA)

JB Alford, MR Walker - River Research and Applications, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT The Atchafalaya River Basin in south‐central Louisiana (USA) comprises the
largest contiguous river–floodplain swamp in North America and functions as a distributary …

Hydrologic modification and channel evolution degrades connectivity on the Atchafalaya River floodplain

DE Kroes, CR Demas, YA Allen, RH Day… - Earth Surface …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Atchafalaya River Basin is the largest remaining forested wetland in the
contiguous United States. Since 1960, dredging and channel erosion in the Basin have …

Hydrologic connectivity and backswamp water quality during a flood in the Atchafalaya Basin, USA

JJ Baustian, BP Piazza… - River Research and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Atchafalaya River Basin (ARB) is the largest distributary basin of the
Mississippi River and contains the largest tract of forested wetlands in North America …

Hydrologic connectivity and residence time affect the sediment trapping efficiency and dissolved oxygen concentrations of the Atchafalaya River Basin

DE Kroes, RH Day, MD Kaller… - Water Resources …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Little is known about water movement, volume, or residence time (RT), and how those
characteristics affect sediment trapping efficiency (TE) and dissolved oxygen concentrations …

Aquatic vegetation mediates the relationship between hydrologic connectivity and water quality in a managed floodplain

MD Kaller, RF Keim, BL Edwards, A Raynie Harlan… - Hydrobiologia, 2015 - Springer
We used conservative isotope tracers (deuterium and oxygen-18) and biologically relevant
water quality measurements to assess connectivity of the Atchafalaya River to other …

Predicting floodplain hypoxia in the Atchafalaya River, Louisiana, USA, a large, regulated southern floodplain river system

TE Pasco, MD Kaller, R Harlan… - River Research and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Atchafalaya River Basin Floodway (ARBF), a regulated river/floodplain
distributary of the Mississippi River, experiences an annual flood pulse that strongly …

Influence of water quality, local knowledge and river–floodplain connectivity on commercial wild crayfish harvesting in the Atchafalaya River Basin

IA Vargas‐Lopez, WE Kelso… - Fisheries …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Water quality and river connectivity influence fisheries, but their role is not understood in wild
crayfish harvest, or how water quality and river connectivity are incorporated into crayfish …

Effects of environmental hypoxia on population characteristics of red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii in the Atchafalaya River Basin, Louisiana

CP Bonvillain, DA Rutherford, WE Kelso - Hydrobiologia, 2015 - Springer
Spatial and temporal heterogeneity in Atchafalaya River Basin (ARB) physical and chemical
characteristics are associated with floodplain inundation and rising water temperatures …

Spatial and temporal patterns in fish community structure and abundance in the largest US river swamp, the Atchafalaya River floodplain, L ouisiana

MG Bennett, JP Kozak - Ecology of freshwater fish, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐term monitoring is critical for documenting population and community trends and for
management, especially in large river‐floodplain ecosystems that provide important …