Some applications of paleoecology to the management of tidal marshes

Estuaries

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 238-246

  Orson, Richard A ^a,b  

^a Najarian Associates   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARSHES; PALAEOECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; SEA-LEVEL RISE;

EID: 0029669653     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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