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Saltmarsh restoration, South end of Key Biscayne, Florida (Milano 1999)

OPP-QPZ70Spermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-QPZ70S

Completed (successful/maintained)
Country
USA

Goal

Technique: Hydrological restoration, clearing exotic vegetation, planting saltmarsh Clearing exotic vegetation, removing 30,000 cubic yards of solid waste, removing 600,000 cubic yards of dredge spoil material, creating 75 acre of tidally connected mangrove wetlands, installing 3 major flushing connections and culvert connection, installing a network of inter-tidal flushing creeks, creating 10 acres of freshwater isolated wetlands. Spatial extent 343983 ha as reported.

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Project's total contribution
No scored contributions yet

Recorded result

Marsh area
1 variable · 3439.83 km² · 1999-01-01 to 1999-12-31 · recorded at Completed (successful/maintained)
pending
Self-reported
Marsh area · 1.1.4.1
pending
0 → 3439.83 km2 · health —% → —%
Method: Spatial extent reported in the source: Milano G (1999) Restoration of coastal wetlands in southeastern Florida. Wetl J 11:15–24.

A variable shows "pending" instead of a contribution when no domain area has been set for it yet — the share of the world a project touched cannot be computed without one. The health percentages are accurate regardless.