ABSTRACT
CONTENTS Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 99 Case Study ............................................................................................................................................. 101 Materials and Methods .......................................................................................................................... 102 Results .................................................................................................................................................... 103 Discussion .............................................................................................................................................. 106 Acknowledgments.................................................................................................................................. 107 References .............................................................................................................................................. 107
Restoration of tidal wetlands has emerged as a viable mechanism to recover lost habitat function, biological diversity, and ecological value (Frenkel and Morlan, 1991; Costanza et al., 1997). Restoration activities include hydrologic improvement, exotic removal, and ecological engineering and can return predisturbance ecosystem function to a severely degraded habitat (National Research Council, 1992). Past failures to recover predisturbance structure and function (Lewis, 1982) have increased the demand for universal restoration guidelines and predictable models for postrestoration recovery.
