Factors affecting vegetation dieback of an oligohaline marsh in coastal Louisiana: Field manipulation of salinity and submergence

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1429-1434

  Webb, Eric C ^a,b   Mendelssohn, Irving A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alismataceae; Louisiana; Sagittaria lancifolia; salinity; submergence; sulfides; vegetation dieback; wetland loss

Indexed keywords

OLIGOHALINE MARSH; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SUBMERGENCE; VEGETATION DIEBACK; WETLAND;

USA, LOUISIANA;

ALISMATACEAE; SAGITTARIA LANCIFOLIA;

EID: 0030301524     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446098     Document Type: Article

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