Wetland loss in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Multiple working hypotheses

Estuaries

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-13

  Turner, R E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; HABITAT LOSS; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; SEDIMENT; WETLAND;

USA, LOUISIANA; USA, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI RIVER;

EID: 0030619313     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352716     Document Type: Article

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