E. Van Dyke, K. Wasson
and A. Woolfolk are working with collaborators at California State University
Monterey Bay and the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary to understand habitat changes that have occurred as a result of
tidal erosion following the opening of a large artificial mouth to Elkhorn
Slough in 1947 by the Army Corps of Engineers. They have documented substantial
losses of salt marsh and changes to tidal creek structure.
A summary report of the effects of tidal erosion at Elkhorn Slough is
available. Click here to
download the .pdf file (170 KB).
habitat changes that have occurred as a result of
tidal erosion following the opening of a large artificial mouth to Elkhorn
Slough in 1947 by the Army Corps of Engineers. They have documented substantial
losses of salt marsh and changes to tidal creek structure.