Effects of sedimentation on playa wetland volume

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 247-252

  Luo, Hong Ren ^a,b   Smith, Loren M ^a   Allen, B L ^a   Haukos, David A ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Land use; Playa; Sedimentation; Southern High Plains; Texas; Volume loss; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; PLAYA; SEDIMENTATION; VOLUME LOSS; WETLAND ENVIRONMENT;

USA, TEXAS;

EID: 0030813666     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0247:EOSOPW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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