Hauener Hooge

Year Implemented

1994

Project Type

Managed realignment

Country

Germany

Location

Ley Bay (Niedersachsen)

Longitude

7.0791

Latitude

53.5156

Habitat(s) Created

Saltmarsh

Size

80 Hectares

Why Undertaken

Compensation
Habitat Creation
Create a More Natural Shoreline

Project Description Summary

This involved one breach in summer dike: 110m. As part of this scheme drainage ditches, artificial creeks; 10m-wide creek connected

Documents/References uploaded

References

Ahlhorn, F., Kunz, H., 2002.The future of historically developed summerdikes and polders: a salt marsh use conflict. Littoral 2002, The Changing Coast, 365374.
Främbs, H., Kinder, M., Hielen, B., Böhme, B., Günther, C.P., Rachor, G., Cordes, H., Mossakowski, D., 2000. Renaturierung salzbeeinflußter Lebensräume der Nordseeküste Abschlußbericht zum Salzwiesenprojekt Wurster Küste. Universität Bremen, Bremen, 327p.
Wolters, M., Garbutt, A., Bakker, J.P., 2005. Salt-marsh restoration: evaluating the success of de-embankments in north-west Europe. Biological Conservation 123(22), 249-268.
Zander, R., 2003. Die Öffnung von Sommerpoldern im Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer. Bremer Beiträge für Naturkunde und Naturschutz, 6, 61-64.

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