| 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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