Does intertidal vegetation indicate specific soil and hydrologic conditions

Wetlands

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-94

  Hackney, Courtney T ^a   Brady, Susan ^a   Stemmy, Lynn ^a   Boris, Marta ^a   Dennis, Charles ^a   Hancock, Tom ^a   O'Bryon, Mike ^a   Tilton, Crystal ^a   Barbee, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Eh; Hydrology; Juncus roemerianus; Salt marsh; Scirpus spp.; Soil; Soil salinity; Spartina spp.; Tidal marsh; Zonation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010454219     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03160649     Document Type: Article

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