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Document Type

Photograph

Scholarship Type

Faculty Scholarship, Student Scholarship

Creation Date

2008

City and State

Greenville, South Carolina

Description

Photograph showing a zone of semi-aquatic plants that helped restore the eroded bank. Bank erosion can be slowed and reversed with the use of biologs, as seen here. These are rolled mats that are staked offshore. As waves move over them, sediment is deposited behind the log, regrowing the shoreline from the bank. During this process, this shallow area is home to a group of semi-aquatic plants like rushes and cattails that absorb and store large amounts of nutrient runoff.

Additional Affiliated Department, Center or Institute

Biology, Earth and Environmental Science

Keywords

Furman University; Environmental sciences; Lake restoration; Ecological integrity; Ecosystem management; Water quality; Revegetation; Ecological engineering

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