Wild-rice and sedimentation processes in a Lake Superior coastal wetland

Wetlands

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 219-231

  Meeker, James E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTHLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Current velocity; Kakagon Sloughs; Lake Superior wetland; River dynamics; Sediment nutrients; Sedimentation; Vegetation; Wild rice; Zizania

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000332999     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03160695     Document Type: Article

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