Long-term GIS-based records of habitat changes in a Lake Erie coastal marsh

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-17

  Gottgens, J F ^a   Swartz, B P ^b   Kroll, R W ^c   Eboch, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b Midwest Environmental Consultants   (United States)

^c Winous Point Shooting Club   (United States)

Author keywords

Diked wetlands; Edge habitat; Emergent vegetation; GIS; Lake Erie wetlands; Landward Advance Paradigm; Marsh management; Patchiness

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GIS; MONITORING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032311388     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008439519760     Document Type: Article

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