The Santee Delta-Cape Romain Unit of the Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve
The Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere reserve was tha first coastal reserve to be established in the U. S. Man and the Biosphere program. It consists of three units: the Outer Banks Unit in North Carolina, the Santee Delta-Cape Romain Unit in South Carolina and the Sea Islands Unit in Georgia. This paper features the South Carolina unit. Located in the north-central portion of the South Carolina coast, it consists of approximately 48,000 ha of extensive salt marshes, ten contiguous beach ridge barrier islands and numerous tidal inlets. Special features include: the most significant river delta on the Atlantic coast of the U.S., a true embayment, a cuspate foreland, and extensive marsh impoundments formerly used for rice culture. Regional resource uses and management issues involved with this reserve are: rediversion of the Santee River, dredging and filling, management and use of impounded marshes, and beach stabilization projects. The way in which each of these factors impinge upon the value of this productive ecosystem for commercial and recreational fisheries, wildlife, and research are the focus of cooperative approaches among various agencies and groups involved in the reserve.
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Atlanta, Georgia (EUA)
1989
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| Subjects: | RESERVA DE LA BIOSFERA, CAROLINIAN-SOUTH ATLANTIC, ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA, |
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