HEALTHY
COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS
The
maintenance and restoration of healthy ecosystems is fundamental
to life along Louisiana’s coast. Coastal development, overfishing,
sea level rise, coastal subsidence, loss of barrier islands and
other factors have resulted in water quality degradation and hypoxia,
decline of fisheries, wetlands loss, proliferation of invasive
species, reduced storm and surge protection, and a host of other
challenges. Louisiana’s invaluable coastal wetlands and
forests have suffered severely from the combined effects of man’s
activities and nature’s whims. To restore and preserve the
state’s coastal ecosystems, Louisiana Sea Grant promotes
innovative research that increases understanding of ecosystem
function and implementation of appropriate designs for restoring
lost ecosystem function.
Other
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