A relative elevation model for a subsiding coastal forested wetland receiving wastewater effluent

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-44

  Rybczyk, John M ^a   Callaway, J C ^b   Day Jr , J W ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion; Below ground production; Climate change; Decomposition; Eustatic sea level rise; Floating aquatic vegetation

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; COASTAL ZONE; FOREST; MODEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT; WETLAND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032191582     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(98)00125-2     Document Type: Article

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