The Rhine-Meuse Delta: ecological impacts of enclosure and prospects for estuary restoration
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Published:1994
H. Smit, R. Smits, H. Coops, 1994. "The Rhine-Meuse Delta: ecological impacts of enclosure and prospects for estuary restoration", Wetland management: Proceedings of the international conference organized by Institution of Civil Engineers and held in London on 2–3 June 1994, R. A. Falconer, P. Goodwin
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The Rhine-Meuse Delta was enclosed in 1970 after the completion of the Haringvliet dam. Developments in morphology, water and sediment quality and biology are described. Ecological impacts of enclosure on the Delta, the river Rhine and the North Sea are summarized. Changes in socio-economic needs in the 1980's led to a reconsideration of the area's water management. Three management alternatives are compared and evaluated from an ecological point of view.
INTRODUCTION
THE (ENCLOSED) RHINE-MEUSE DELTA
CHANGES AFTER ENCLOSURE
ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF PRESENT SLUICE MANAGEMENT
ALTERNATIVES TO THE PRESENT SLUICE MANAGEMENT
A PLEA FOR THE RESTORATION OF ESTUARINE PROCESSES
CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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