Ecological Characterization Study Chenier Plain Texas Louisiana vol. 3
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AN ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION STUDY OF THE CHENIER
PLAIN COASTAL ECOSYSTEM OF LOUISIANA AND TEXAS was prepared
for the National Coastal Ecosystems Team, Office of Biological Services, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service. James G. Gosselink, Louisiana State University, was
principal investigator. Funding was provided by the Office of Research and
Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Copies of Volume I (Narrative Report) FWS/OBS-78/9, Volume II (Data
Source Appendix) FWS/OBS-78/10,and Volume III (Atlas) FWS/OBS-78/11,
may be obtained from:
National Coastal Ecosystems Team
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
NASA-Slidell Computer Complex
1010 Gause Blvd.
Slidell, LA 70458
Contents of Volume HI
Plates:
1 A and IB - Index Maps
2 - The Pleistocene Erosional Surface
3Aand3B - Chenier Plain Habitat Groups
4A and 4B - Chenier Plain Wetland Habitats
5A and 5B - Canal and Point Source Discharges
6A and 6B - Special Features
The Biological Services Program was established within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service to supply scientific information and methodologies on key environmental issues
that impact fish and wildlife resources and their supporting ecosystems. The mission of
the program is as follows:
• To strengthen the Fish and Wildlife Service in ib role as a primary source of
information on national fish and wildlife resources, particularly in respect to
environmental impact assessment
• To gather, analyze, and present information that will aid decisionmakers in the
identification and resolution of problems associated with major changes In
land and water use.
• To provide better ecological Information and evaluation for Department of the
Interior development programs, such as those relating to energy develop-
ment
Information developed by the Biological Services Program Is Intended for use in the
planning and decisionmaking process to prevent or minimize the impact of development
on fish and wildlife. Research activities and technical assistance services are based on
analysis of the Issues, a determination of the decisionmakers involved and their informa-
tion needs, and an evaluation of the state of the art to Identify information gaps and
determine priorities. This is a strategy that will ensure that the products produced are
disseminated are timely and useful.
Projects have been initiated in the following areas: coal extraction and conversion;
power plants, geothermal, mineral, and oil-shale development; water resource analysis,
including stream alterations and western water allocation; coastal ecosystems and Outer
Continental Shelf development; and systems inventory, including National Wetland In-
ventory, habitat classification and analysis, and information transfer.
The Biological Services Program consists of the Office of Biological Services In
Washington, D.C., which is responsible for overall planning and management; National
Teams, which provide the Program's central scientific and technical expertise and arrange
for contracting biological services studies with states, universities, consulting firms, and
others; Regional Staff, who provide a link to problems at the operating level; and staff at
certain Fish and Wildlife Service research facilities, who conduct in-house research
studies.
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CHENIER PLAIN HABITAT GROUPS
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I IAQUATIC -permanently Hooded, non-vegetofed inland open woler ond neorshore Gull habilots,
1 - -'-I WETLANDS -pefiodieolly llooded landj (hotocteriied by emargem vegetation See Pime ^
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ill RIDGES AND UPLAND FOREST
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-naturally vegaiaied cheniers, leve«f, jpoil bonk
Pleistocene islands, and prairie surface.
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CHENIER PLAIN WETLAND HABITATS
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I I NON-WETLAND HABITATS
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BRACKIoH MAKOM and loltgran ; lolinitiej generally l»i thon 10 %»
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INTERMCDIATC MARSH bulo«oiiionolly by brocklsh woler, Domifiol«d by loltmeadow cordgrou, bulltongoe (Sagittorio folcota).
and jeoshore po»polum(Poipolum voginolu"'!.
cncCI_l ki A DCU -morihe* flooded by frejh water, and with a diverse floro dominoted by motdoncone (Ponicom hemitomon l.
rKtOn MAKon bulttongue, and olligotorweed [Alternonthero philoxeroidet ).
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IMPOUNDcD MAKon in saline to froih oreos. They may be permotiently Uoodod or pumped dry, but all ore dominatedby native emergent wetlond vegelolion (as opposed to impounded ogriculturol lond).
tupelo (Nyiso oqoatka).
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CANALS AND POINT SOURCE DISCHARGES
LEGEND
INDUSTRIAl AND MUNfCIPALPOrNT SOURCE DISCHARGES
OguIF oil CO port ARTHUR REFINERY
©TEXACO INC.PORT ARTHUR PLANT
©JEFFERSON CHEMICAL CO INC-PORT NECHES PLANT
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PLATE 4B
LEGEND
CHENIER PLAIN WETLAND HABITATS
I I NON-WETLAND HABITATS
""SALT MARSH -i'!!i::<;rrJ.''.°',n:.';"M" r:i°rv:3'btr:s°r™v.?^:;r-^„5Vcr-,°:ir'''''"- ^-i:^^ °"-'""°i-with loltgratt
[Diitichlii tpicotol
CZZl BRACKISH MARSH tT.'oul™"'""'""'' °
EZ] INTERMEDIATE MARSH Z[Sogittorio folcoto), and
itiocioled imoll pondt dominotad by »oltm«odow cordgrc8«nefolly leit fhon 10%^
3<n5'-I.
[Sporlino pofnl)
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SPECIAL FEATURES
LEGEND
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• ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES
•" BIRD NESTING COLONIES
OYSTER REEFS
CEOSCIBa TOSBK. AgOffiOLOGICAL SITES tK 03ASTU.LOUIS [«N«.s?oa;. c. TMAi ucHEO")cic«- msewoi uuoi^iow.ITNIVlMm 01 ICUS AT UISTW.
BIRD NRSTIMC CDLCW DAT* TAICDl FROM THE ttXAS COUWIM.UATSII tlW Casn 19)l-l97b. TEM3 FAMLS AJTO inLELireDEPAITWEKT. 1911, ,* BP. SER. IS. WO POBTKOT . J.W.i9?7. msTwc cotoiiES or seabimjs mo wadwc >iw>s,C0A5IM. ICDISIMi laiSISSIFPl MID AULUKA. U.3, nSBAn uiunin SDvia. ivs/obs - 7i/o'.
OTSTI* MET lOOUICBS HOB LOUISIAXA l/lLOUfl AKDnSREUEs, niAS rocs add recreation, ahd oiEnn, r.a. .
1»M. COOPERMIYI GULF OF MEKICO E.— ~SmjDt — TEIA3; iiIIA ceSCWPTIOS. U.SCDWttlta, BOAAIlOi. (ten. HWS CIK-Jl» p.
JRDARID mil IrtllB STATIS PISH AND UILDLIFE 5E»VICI. AKECOLOCICAL CHUUmuZAIIO!' STUDT OF TTU CKiyiEX PUIHCOASTAL iconnEKor lodisu«a axd tuas.
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FWS/OBS-78/11
August 1979
COLLECTIOinI
An Ecological Characterization Study of the
Chenier Plain Coastal Ecosystem of
Louisiana and Texas
VOLUME III
ATLAS
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OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTU.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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