Modeling the effects of nutria (Myocastor coypus) on wetland loss
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Publication Year
1969
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A model was created to study the process in which nutria (Myocastor coypus) feeding activities lead to erosion and loss of marsh area. The nutria-biomass-model consists of three linked modes: a nutria population dynamics model (nutria model), a marsh biomass model for Spartina patens and Scirpus americanus (biomass model), and a marsh area loss model (area model). Four grazing spans (0-52 weeks, 52-104 weeks, 104-156 weeks, 156-208 weeks) were tested.
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en
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Nutria
population dynamics
brackish marsh
coastal Louisiana
eat-out
marsh loss
Myocastor coypus
Scirpus americanus
Spartina patens
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