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Document Type
Photograph
Scholarship Type
Faculty Scholarship, Student Scholarship
Creation Date
2008
City and State
Greenville, South Carolina
Description
Bank erosion can be slowed and reversed with the use of biologs. 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.
Recommended Citation
Worthen, Wade, "Biologs in water" (2008). Furman Lake Restoration Images. 62.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/lake-images/62
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