Predicting Floodplain Hypoxia in the Atchafalaya River, Louisiana, USA, a Large, Regulated Southern Floodplain River System

• Published in: River research and applications Vol. 32; no. 5; pp. 845 - 855
• Main Authors: Pasco, T. E., Kaller, M. D., Harlan, R., Kelso, W. E., Rutherford, D. A., Roberts, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bognor Regis Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2016; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Atchafalaya River; data collection; engineering; fisheries; flood pulse; floodplain; Floodplains; Floods; Floodways; Freshwater; general additive model; Geographic information systems; Hypoxia; linear models; Louisiana; Mississippi River; Physicochemical properties; prediction; principal component analysis; Principal components analysis; probability; regression analysis; Remote sensing; River basins; River regulations; Rivers; spatial data; Water management; Water temperature; watersheds; USA, Louisiana, Atchafalaya R; ASW, USA, Louisiana; North America, Mississippi R; USA, Louisiana, Atchafalaya R. basin; Louisiana; Mississippi River

The Atchafalaya River Basin Floodway (ARBF), a regulated river/floodplain distributary of the Mississippi River, experiences an annual flood pulse that strongly influences floodplain physicochemistry. We developed several metrics to investigate the relationship between the timing and magnitude of th...