USM SOSE Researchers Use Models to Forecast Bonnet Carre Spillway Effects on Coastal Oyster Population
December 14, 2023
December 14, 2023
HATTIESBURG, Mississippi, Dec. 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Southern Mississippi issued the following news:
By Gabriela Shinskie
Located in St. Charles Parish, La. and 12 miles west of New Orleans, the Bonnet Carre Spillway (BCS) provides a protective flood-control barrier to the Crescent City, diverting excess waters from the Mississippi River through Lake Pontchartrain on their way into the Gulf of Mexico.
Because of the mixing of fresh and saltwater . . .
By Gabriela Shinskie
Located in St. Charles Parish, La. and 12 miles west of New Orleans, the Bonnet Carre Spillway (BCS) provides a protective flood-control barrier to the Crescent City, diverting excess waters from the Mississippi River through Lake Pontchartrain on their way into the Gulf of Mexico.
Because of the mixing of fresh and saltwater . . .