| | Accession Number | 5000987 |
| | Title | Assessing the relative habitat value of restored versus natural coastal marshes to |
| | migratory birds in Chesapeake Bay |
| | Project Description | The US Army Corps of Engineers has a national program entitled the Beneficial Use of Dredged |
| | Material program that has as its mission using dredged material disposal in such as manner as to |
| | enhance wetland areas for use by fish and wildlife resources. Several of these are designated in |
| | the Chesapeake Bay on islands. The latest approaches encourage the use of geotextile tubes |
| | instead of riprap and hard surfaces as containment dikes. We proposed to conduct research to |
| | evaluate the use of such created wetland sites by migratory birds relative to those of natural, |
| | control marsh sites. Such sites could potentially be used for nesting by certain shorebirds such |
| | as Willets (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) and colonial species such as Least Terns (Sterna |
| | albifrons) and Common Terns (S. hirundo). Several years may be required before the project is |
| | completed and before vegetation becomes established. Sites require monitoring over a series of |
| | years to determine their success. |
| | Keywords | migratory birds, monitoring populations, monitoring species, wetlands restoration, |
| | Principal | R. M Erwin, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: rme5g@virginia.edu; Dennis Jorde, USGS |
| | Investigators | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: Dennis_Jorde@usgs.gov; |
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