AN ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION STUDY OF THE CHENIER PLAIN COASTAL ECOSYSTEM OF LOUISIANA AND TEXAS was prepared for the National Coastal Ecosystems Team, Office of Biological Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. James G. Gosselink, Louisiana State University, was principal investigator. Funding was provided by the Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Copies of Volume | (Narrative Report) FWS/OBS-78/9, Volume II (Data Source Appendix) FWS/OBS-78/10, and Volume II! (Atlas) FWS/OBS-78/11, may be obtained from: National Coastal Ecosystems Team U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service NASA-Slidell Computer Complex 1010 Gause Blvd. Slidell, LA 70458 Contents of Volume III Plates: 1A and 1B 2 The Pleistocene Erosional Surface 3A and 3B — Chenier Plain Habitat Groups 4A and4B — Chenier Plain Wetland Habitats 5A and 5B — Canal and Point Source Discharges 6A and 6B — Special Features Nene ane The Biological Services Program was established within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to supply scientific information and methodologies on key environmental issues that impact fish and wildlife resources and their supporting ecosystems. The mission of the program is as follows: Index Maps ¢ To strengthen the Fish and Wildlife Service in its role as a primary source of information on national fish and wildlife resources, particularly in respect to environmental impact assessment. © To gather, analyze, and present information that will aid decisionmakers in the identification and resolution of problems associated with major changes in land and water use. e To provide better ecological information and evaluation for Department of the Interior development programs, such as those relating to energy develop- ment. Information developed by the Biological Services Program is intended for use in the planning and decisionmaking process to prevent or minimize the impact of development on fish and wildlife. Research activities and technical assistance services are based on analysis of the issues, a determination of the decisionmakers involved and their informa- tion needs, and an evaluation of the state of the art to identify information gaps and determine priorities. This is a strategy that will ensure that the products produced are disseminated are timely and useful. Projects have been initiated in the following areas: coal extraction and conversion; power plants, geothermal, mineral, and oil-shale development; water resource analysis, including stream alterations and western water allocation; coastal ecosystems and Outer Continental Shelf development; and systems inventory, including National Wetland In- ventory, habitat classification and analysis, and information transfer. The Biological Services Program consists of the Office of Biological Services in Washington, D.C., which is responsible for overall planning and management; National Teams, which provide the Program’s central scientific and technical expertise and arrange for contracting biological services studies with states, universities, consulting firms, and others; Regional Staff, who provide a link to problems at the operating level; and staff at certain Fish and Wildlife Service research facilities, who conduct in-house research studies. at 9445: 94°30° PLATE 1A INDEX MAP TEXAS LEGEND A rm on sare pono ® ouNTY stat i —-— or wormoaer SE ae Tomn sri a ror trearaxo ora lemoct om Cronin Pe MEPAMAICH OVE 20 cory ut uy St avai ran oct AWROAD ANO STATION rent ro 7 PeATe OAD =a . a 1 ‘ Suse%eeccr x05c4e-a)> + > Basin Boundary LOUISIANA LEGEND PUBLIC LIBRARY. STORE OR SMALL BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT ANT INTERSTATE. MiouWaY NUMBER or NUMBERED HIGHWAY : STATE HIGHWAY NUMBER @ COVERED BY CITY Map. UNIMPROVEO ROAD. <= PARKS AND OTHER RESERVATIONS GRADED AND DRAINED ROAD. === Oil. OR GAS FIELD GRAVEL ROAD RAILROAD (ANY NUMBER OF TRACKS USEO By A STORAGE TANK AITUMINOUS ROAD, SINGLE) OEERATINGICOMPANY)| ~————_ DPSERVATION OF LOOKOUT TOWER CAMP OR LODGE __ PICNIC GROUND. . SPEEOWAY ORIVE-IN WARE HOU PUMPING LOR GAS) GAUGING OR PUMPING STATION (GENERAL) MICROWAVE TOWER JUNKYARDS AND OUMPS GARBAGE,RUBBISH AND OTHER AUTO SCRAP METAL TOURIST COURT OF MOTEL SMALL PARK (SP-STATE,PP- PARISH, MUNICIPAL, WP-WAYSIDE PARK), 4 ° . a a i=) c 6 * e a 2 oF a & Neases E OUT OF POSITION LATITUDE AND LONGITUOE_ CEMETERY ADJACENT WARD BOUNDARY JON OR INSPECTION STATION < TOWNSHIP LINE i s tet Exes < seeeae 4 ORAWBRIDGE FOR LONG RIVER CROSSING. st MATCH LINE BETWEEN ADJOWING SHEETS PRIVATE CLUB OR FRATERNAL BUILDING ___ i OF SAME PARISH > Basin Boundary MODIFIED FROM TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION COUNTY HIGHWAY MAPS, 1976, AND LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF HIGHWAYS PARISH HIGHWAY MAPS, 1976. PREPARED BY CARTOGRAPHIC SECTION, CENTER FOR WETLAND RESOURCES, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY PREPARED FOR UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, AN ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION STUDY OF THE CHENIER PLAIN COASTAL ECOSYSTEM OF LOUISIANA AND TEXAS. FWS/OBS-78/11. AUGUST 1979. 94°15- in Re ae: SABINE ISLAND MANAGEMENT AREA 94°00" Srp CAKE VIEW) Mie * SABINE i> MIGRATORY WATERFOWL [es REFUGE QO OOO SOOO O OOS 20518; ‘Mermentau R. PLATE 2 THE PLEISTOCENE EROSIONAL SURFACE LEGEND CONTACT BETWEEN PLEISTOCENE AND HOLOCENE (RECENT) _go— DEPTH TO PLEISTOCENE EROSIONAL SURFACE (IN FEET) —_ 30-FOOT BATHYMETRIC CONTOUR ___ CONJECTURE 1 FOOT = 0.30 METER 5 20Mi rrr 20.25 ~=30Km — PLATE 3A CHENIER PLAIN HABITAT GROUPS LEGEND sa AQUATIC -permanently flooded, non-vegetated inland open water and nearshore Gulf habitats. WETLANDS periodically flooded lands characterized by emergent vegetation. Seo Plate 4 AGRIGULTURE -cullivcted|cropland cnd| improved! pasture. RIDGES AND UPLAND FOREST -naturally vegetated cheniers, levees, spoil banks, Pleistocene islands, and prairie surface. URBAN land creas developed for residential and industrial use. mee BASIN BOUNDARY D FROM UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1974-75, 1:24,000 » ADVANCED PRINTS. PREPARED BY CARTOGRAPHIC SECTION, CENTER FOR WETLAND RESOURCES, LOUISIAKA STATE UNIVESSITY PREPARED FOR UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, AX ECOLOGI' IZATION STUDY OF THE CHENIER PLAIN COASTAL ECOSYSTEM OF LOUISIANA AND TEXAS, FWS/OBS-78/13. AUGUST 1979. 01234567 8Km oe PLATE 4A CHENIER PLAIN WETLAND HABITATS LEGEND [_] NON-WETLAND HABITATS Of YY SALT MARSH saiisctintde iach sil tnd WiadiushiGanasy aanedionsy commen," "" Cesta sissaiiere), 6 /p j interti i lominate: saltmeadow cordgrass (Spartina patens| 4 YW Yi; my =] BRACKISH MARSH ‘tists! mershes cri uosorcly loss Hand en umesnem cordarats Sparing peters Vp ae Lp Tk Yi marshes and associated small ponds, periodically flooded with nearly fresh water, hs } Uhh INTERMEDIATE MARSH ‘but occassionally by brackish water. Dominated by saltmeadow cordgrass, bulltongue (Sagittaria falcata), — seashore paspalum (Paspalum vaginatum). -marshes flooded by fresh water, and with a diverse flora dominated by maidencane Panicum hemitomon), MW, FRESH MARSH bulltongue, and ‘alligatorweed (Alternanthera philoxeroides). re hi rounded by dikes, spoil banks, or natural levees that modify normal flooding. These exist Ee) IMPOUNDED MARSH ayrealiiaiia fresh rarecs! They may be permanently flooded or pumped dry, but all are dominated by native emergent wetland vegetation (as opposed to impounded agricultural land). -forested freshwater wetlands with diverse flora dominated by baldcypress ium distichum) and S228] SWAMP FOREST ‘topelo tnysse cauatice). === BASIN BOUNDARY PREPARED FROM UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1974-75, 1:24,000 ORTHOPHOTO QUADRANGLES, ADVANCED PRINTS. GUABRECK, R. 1972, VEGETATION, WATER AND SOIL EXPE} . 1973. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE TEXAS COASTAL ZONE, BEAUMONT-POi 7 BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT PREPARED BY CARTOGRAPHIC SECTION CENTER FOR WETLAND RESOURCES, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY PREPARED POR UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, AM ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION STUDY OF THE CHENTER PLAIN COASTAL ECOSYSTEM OF LOUISIANA AND TEXAS. FWS/OBS-75/11. AUGUST 1979. SABINE aw ONC 22 aes SIMI 01234567 8km ¢ PLATE 5A CANALS AND POINT SOURCE DISCHARGES LEGEND INDUSTRIAL AND MUNICIPAL POINT SOURCE DISCHARGES GULF Ol CO-PORT ARTHUR REFINERY TEXACO INC.-PORT ARTHUR PLANT JEFFERSON CHEMICAL CO. INC-PORT NECHES PLANT @NECHES BUTANE @TEXACO INC-PORT NECHES /AMERIPOL INC. PURE OIL CO.-BEAUMONT REFINERY Q@GULF STATES UTIL CO-SABINE POWER STATION @RITISH PETROLEUM CORP-PORT ARTHUR REFINERY @JEFFERSON COUNTY-FWSDI @PoRT ARTHUR-MAIN PLANT @PORT ARTHUR-LAKESIDE PARK ROVES, CITY OF -SOUTH PLANT ROVES, CITY OF -NORTH PLANT @PORT NECHES @®JEFFERSON COUNTY WCID9-EAST PORT NECHES Bary CANALS PREPARED FROM UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1974-75 1:24,000 ORTHOPHOTO QUADRANCLES, ADVANCED PRINTS. UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LATEST EDITION 1:24,000 AND 1:62,500 TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS, 1974-75. UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF BCINEERS 1969 UNCONTROLLED PHOTOMOSAICS LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS FIELD DATA POINT SOURCE DISCHARGES. DIENER, R.A., 1975. COOPERATIVE GULF OF MEXICO ESTUARINE INVENTORY AND STUDY — TEXAS. AREA DESCRIPTION. U,S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, NOAA. TECH. REPT. NPS CIRC-393, SEATTLE, WASH. 129 P. PREPARED BY CARTOGRAPHIC SECTION, CENTER FOR WETLAND RESOURCES, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY PREPARED FOR UNITED STATES FISH AMD WILDLIFE SERVICE, AN ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION STUDY OF THE CHENIER PLAIN COASTAL ECOSYSTEM OF LOUISIANA AND TEXAS, FWS/OBS-78/11. AUGUST 1979. 01234567 BKm | p hits NVHISIG = sft the SABINE ISLAND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT ARE/ PLATE 6A SPECIAL FEATURES ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES sire DESCRIPTION 1 7 tl extoed onary LEGEND 2 Stee me mented 4 Dameyed ear mowed ex eat Dali err pom Oar ont mond, ert ero pom int cope conch fart pont, bane 5S ee * Wisterte: Civ War earthen tort barewen paee aks end Gul af Maria (Fart Ma Deewhed Oa matin howe) ease ances : Sa. sO Leal KI fo 9 bayou! = 2 - ‘arte carapace, oh, be, eel ot, art . = ” Neo indian came and tall widéen, rer, ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES + pet atte coda one mom a 98 Deturied al mien wound cove 106 ably cred ott G : Seow eh ape SEs samara peels « BIRD NESTING COLONIES i tmnt noe el nda en tee, 100 rts he itn ar v7 ry ae it 1h Atom mien ons ot {01 Uapthal mien show mah "Thee bye: ler orn ae | FS 1 Seal tal midden s Disturbed mound sits in martviand voz Dertroyed sll midden new ‘14h Probably dertroyed sits on Blut OYSTER REE! Sime on Satis a patie oi Lary Ol) midtown “a Disturbed chetl midden on bayou be 103 Destroyed thell midden on inland pottery reported 17 Distared atl widen; et wrt ‘ween ak shards, boo raat 149° Probebly dertroyed sits on bank toca, oars 41 Disturbed mound sis be marshland; 10% Dereroyed shall migten and bari ‘Of bayou shall, sherds, wom ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES ‘PREPASED FROM DATA SUPPLIED BY “ Deel midden with beratn; arte, darts, point tragments, shel, bone ‘on bank af river: sherds, animal points, bone NPOUM, K. Ve, CURATOR, LICISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY rete 1D a ide re of tos cela ban 150 Rangia midden; pertery and bone te ‘iat iden te Na ert oats Oerroyed dl iden on and 161 Sha mide: porery LOUISIANA. ; — = en som om bom ret Oo ama helen tee} TL | ad slaearetay SPOCK, C,, TEXAS ARCHBOLOCICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY, aE anes tents Ga) maaan widget Died ycaaplord (OVIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ASTIN n Lang hn that mttes + arts 5 adnan © Marreanpeet ne poet art 14 Shr ation ot and ‘BEND NESTING COLONY DATA TACEM FROM THE TEXAS COLONIAL Lonely ur i VOR Baty dinturbd shat middon WATER BIND CENSUS, 1973-1976. TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE caleba ey eee ere pea ee ‘on tard bene; eras re DEPARTMENT. 1978, FA REP. StRe 15. AND PORTNOY, Sa Ter ecaeioee es ‘at pies Jone ened ed klub 1977. NESTING COLONIES OF SEABIRDS AND WADING is 0 Lane Ol iden a Diaturbed dell ridden on labs dere, % Disturbed ehell and marth midden COASTAL LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPI AND ALABAMA, . FISH Th Lane thet iden A po ae A pa Reman and eae 110-124 15-0ite complen at the north and AND MILDLIFE SERVICE. 745/088 ~ 77/07, 3 Sandie ‘ruts Wal en Pl en bing Lat, dated FT toon OYSTER REEF LOCATIONS FEO LOUISIANA VILDLIFE AND ‘et abe byes: a ‘rte bane FISHERIES, TEXAS PARES ASD RECREATION, AND DIENER, R-A-, Alene pelen oorts $2 Daal adden on bank of abe, 18 Died bre a 126 Sie hal iden sbove marth 1975, COOPERATIVE GULF OF *EXICO ESTUARINE INVENTORY AND e STUDY =- TEXAS: AREA DESCLIPTION. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF (ertherlocrbn wed mind with tenn pear auth of beyou COMMERCE, NOAA TECH. HE7T, SMFS CINC~393, SEATTLE, WASH. = Py pape ER Ya Bal nidden:pery 1g F. a ards 130 Shall mide, porary cy 11 Disturbed sell midden wang bayou 1 Ueyrworet el non PREPARED BY CARTOGRAPHIC SECTION, CENTER FOR WETLAND par toe 1 juntion of cana nd ror RESOURCES, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY a 12 Capats on bank ofr; se 132 Ditrbad all midden on bank 13 Proaiy droped tons of Phat PRETARED FOR UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, AN 85 Shall midden an burt on bank Ll ove river; shat, sl, ie PR ae ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION STUDY OF THE CHENIER PLAIN 1 bayou har, lah, ei bane 134 Lar dal midden on both rd Banes, homan borat 4 Disturbed shal mide on bank of ‘eo oe eric aro QOASTAL ECOSYSTEM OF LOUISIANA AND TEXAS. WS /OBS-78/11, AUGUST 1975. $6 Sha idan and compute an biatt ‘beyou; dards, be ws tniddan on bank Disturbed shall middan on ba feo. 87 —_Protaiy denzeyed shal midden 1” ae aadiae POPULATIONS OF SD Dirt al mies wa bank + ee BIRD NESTING COLONIES Cn ee Insane beyo ed rte 80 Shall midden above bayou; bone 15 ——_Diarbed shal idem on ridge in 138 Duturted sal midden ot joscton mane tf bey aod ree 1978 POPULATION fest) COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAME Asshings (Anbings anbimps) Black-crowned aight heroo (Nyeticonae COLONY SPECIES PRESENT A F I iesece White ced ibis UPlepadis chibi) White thts (Exdocomss albus) ‘Yellow- OFFICE OF HIGHWAYS = 1 2 ‘ards 4 . : “ F . PARISH HIGHWAY MAPS, 1976. $F) baa | AS i $ H 4——| PREPARED BY CARTOGRAPHIC SECTION, Fake ? CENTER FOR WETLAND RESOURCES, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY BROS Soc se ce eae OS call lan SEI. Ah: 1) LL RA See eg ‘aa i ay Fag = Y) \ : w | Z| ” & a ee an 6 ym e par) Fe >. | iB <4 Axe caer a H 7 : Hj oe | bene fb a } ha fs = a0 | | a | PREPARED FOR UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, AN ECOLOGICAL PA < x =: ay eX H =O\ Sf = t = ale a 5 oI F « Ba ae > } ee Y CHARACTERIZATION STUDY OF THE CHENIER PLAIN COASTAL ECOSYSTEM OF LOUISIANA oo ee lt ae Sn 7) i ~L OB) EG ‘ig A ae — ycexTour WATEXOM i tee "3 a"t| " 1 “AGKe AND TEXAS. FWS/OBS-78/11. AUGUST 1979. ° Se @ o °Q os CALCAS/Ey PLATE 3B CHENIER PLAIN HABITAT GROUPS LEGEND aaa AQUATIC -permanently flooded, non-vegetated inland open water and nearshore Gulf habitats. WETLANDS - periodically flooded lands characterized by emergent vegetation. See Plate 4 AGRICULTURE -cuttivated cropland ond improved pasture, RIDGES AND UPLAND FOREST Ez] URBAN -tand areas developed for residential ond in mee BASIN BOUNDARY -naturally vegetated cheniers, levees, spoil banks, Pleistocene islands, and prairie surface. dustrial use. PREPARED FioM UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1974-75, 1:24,000 ORTHOPHOTO » ADVANCED PRINTS. MASA HIGH ALrtTUDE FALSE COLOR INFRARED PHOTOGRAPEY MISSION 285}poLL 7, 1974, PREPARED BY CARTOGRAPHIC SECTION, CENTER FOR WETLAND RESOURCES, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY FREPARED Foe STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, AN ECOLOGICAL BY ceuucrentthrion stuvt OF THE CHRVLER PLAIN COASTAL ECOSYSTEM OF LOUISIARA AND TEXAS. Fys/oBS-78/11. AUGUST 1979. White Lake a BASIN PLATE 4B LEGEND CHENIER PLAIN WETLAND HABITATS [__] NON-WETLAND HABITATS ae SALT MARSH ‘iti'tattorass Dischls specie ond blethrusl Pontes eee tae commen reaver SBatine sterner, BRACKISH MARSH -intertidal marshes and associated small ponds dontnated by saltmeadow cordgrass Spartina potens} ond saltgrass|; salinities generally less than 10%,. : -morshes ond associated small ponds, period; — INTERMEDIATE MARSH ‘Grrectonionsiy by bossh ctr Bomnad by selmeadorcodgra,Galonge s agittaria falcata), an Iseas| ore Paspalum P. 5 alum vo inatum). ZI FRESH MARSH ‘Sites aigaeroardatencomere eesdy sommes PY Meencone Panicum hentonod, 5 ded by dikes, Ib hi dil flooding. Th i [7] IMPOUNDED MARSH “hricline's hash erect “they mor eemieorsotural levans th pupbed dry bt lore dominated by native emergent wetland vegetation (as opposed to impounded agricultural land). 1 SWAMP FOREST Ree eee with diverse flora dominated by baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) and w= BASIN BOUNDARY v hp a ulses U { YZ PREPARED FROM UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1974-75, 1124,000 és | ‘o' iy, As 6 ORTHOPHOTO QUADRANGLES, ADVANCED PRINTS. / lap Yai f Ke existics OF i Eston A - AG i LU Pn y 15 RICULTURAL EXP! "ATION 5 A) B ip AERIAL RECONUAL F 10% ¥? RB {CK AND LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER S A é FOR RESOURCE PERSONNEL. \ 7 f rR ny Je He MoCOWES, Le Fe Tey LD 5 ( cmoar, i972. IC ATLAS OF Wel AY ete AE ‘AL ZONE, GALVESTON AREA. S wz V); \ ue BUREAU OF £60! i oF ‘ W/ 7) : y q Uh GZ ra C/; PREP, FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, AN ECOLOGICAL PF THE CHESTER PLAIN COASTAL ECOSYSTEM OF lOBS~7B/11. AUGUST 1979, x — re a a = oe LA Plain i iwi WWE Pala vox 5 7 7 » * ; i) iw anet. B = = g PLATE 5B CANALS AND POINT SOURCE DISCHARGES LEGEND INBUSIRIAE AND RUNES ee POINT SOURCE DISCHARGE ULF COAST ALUMINUM @AMOCO PROD. CO. @W. R. GRACE INC. gcd aataa @GULF PROD. CO. @®PPG INDUSTRIES (WEST LAKE QSTEED FISH CO. @CITIES SERVICE-POWERHOUSE @LAKE CHARLES.A @ZAPATA PROTEIN @HERCULES INC. OUISIANA MUD CO. INC. (GULF MENHADEN CO. @CERTAIN-TEED INC. G@ DRESSER MAGCOBAR @LOUISIANA MENHADEN CO. @BIG THREE IND. (@TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE CO. @HUNT OIL CO. @MOBIL OIL-WELLS @CONTINENTAL Oil CO. @AMOCO PROD. CO. @AMOCO PRODUCTION CO. 8 oe CARBON TEXAS PACIFIC OIL-CRUDE PROD. CS RAILWAY JAMOCO PROD @AMOCO PROD. CO. @IDEAL CEMENT les INC. ie eae OLIN CORP.-BRINE PROD. PG INDUSTRIES @SEA COAST PRODUCTS Se Cre Roe RESSER INC. @PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. Q@CONT. Olt REFINERY @SHELL OIL CO. oa z Sener ig co. @SUPERIOR OIL CO-LOWRY GAS PLANT @GULF OIL-WELLS @AMOCO PRODUCTION Co. @AMOCO PROD. CO. Ez CANALS 5 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1974-75 1:24,000 ADVANCED PRINTS, SICAL SURVEY LATEST EDITION 1;24,000 AND 1:62,500 ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES DESCRIPTION BIR NESTING COLONIES PLATE 6B COLONY SPECIES PRESENT rortinon COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAME SPECIAL FEATURES LEGEND "> ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES «* BIRD NESTING COLONIES OYSTER REEFS ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES PREPARED FROM DATA SUPPLIED BY NEWUN, |CHEOLOGICAL SITES IN COASTAL TEXAS ARCHEQLOGICAL RESEARGH LABORATORY, UNIVERSITY OF TEs aT AUSTIN. BIRD NESTING COLosy DATA TAKEN FROM THE TEXAS COLONIAL FEEEEE il HH AND WILDLIFE stavice, FWS/OBS - 77/07. OYSTER REEF LocATioss FROM LOUISIANA WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES, TEXAS EK Bee HE EE a ih 35 § |. U.S. DEPARTMENT COMMERCE, NOAA Teo}, REPT. NMFS CIKC-393, SEATTLE, WASH. 129 P. f2fnaet na ot PREPARED BY CARTOGRAPHIC SECTION, CENTER FOR WETLAND RESOURCES, LOUISLAXA STATE UWIVERSITY i PREPARED FOR UNITE STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, AN ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION STUDY OF THE CHENIER PLALY ‘COASTAL ECOSYSTEN OF LOUISIANA AND TEXAS. Fws/OBS~78/11. wlqust 1979. ‘Dhall midden: pottery and iran bens Dall mister mide, FINAN Ly co ‘Sn O/ SMa) 6Z sny / Biological Services Program nn Soe see An Ecological Characterization Study of the Chenier Plain Coastal Ecosystem of Louisiana and Texas VOLUME III ATLAS Interagency Energy-Environment Research and Development Program OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Department of the Interior WWMnAn ah mE