Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2013 Spatial structure and dynamics of the plant communities in a pro-grading river delta : Wax Lake Delta, Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana Melissa Carle Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology Commons Recommended Citation Carle, Melissa, "Spatial structure and dynamics of the plant communities in a pro-grading river delta : Wax Lake Delta, Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana" (2013). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 73. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/73 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please
[email protected]. SPATIAL STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF THE PLANT COMMUNITIES IN A PRO-GRADING RIVER DELTA: WAX LAKE DELTA, ATCHAFALAYA BAY, LOUISIANA A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences by Melissa M. Carle B.A., Tulane University, 2000 M.E.M., Duke University, 2002 December 2013 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This project would not have been possible without the support of numerous individuals over the past four years. First and foremost, I would like to thank my advisor, Dr. Charles Sasser, for believing in this project and assisting me throughout the entire process of turning it into a reality.