Reconstruction of an interrupted primary beach plain succession using a geographical information system

Journal of Coastal Conservation

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-78

  Van Der Veen, A ^a   Grootjans, A P ^a   De Jong, J ^a   Rozema, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conservation; Disturbance; Inundation; Natural dynamics; Salinity

Indexed keywords

BEACH PLAIN; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; GIS; PRIMARY SUCCESSION;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0031396005     PISSN: 14000350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02908181     Document Type: Article

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