Soil phosphorus characteristics of created and natural wetlands in the Atchafalaya Delta, LA

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 195-203

  Poach, M E ^a   Faulkner, S P ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atchafalaya Delta; Dredge material; Mitigation; Phosphorus; Sediments

Indexed keywords

DELTA; PHOSPHORUS; WETLANDS;

ATCHAFALAYA DELTA; LOUSIANA; USA;

EID: 0032006627     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1997.0252     Document Type: Article

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