Long-term vegetation change in Louisiana tidal marshes, 1968-1992

Wetlands

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 168-175

  Visser, Jenneke M ^a   Sasser, Charles E ^a   Chabreck, Robert H ^b   Linscombe, R G ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Louisiana; Tidal marsh; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MARSH; PLANT COMMUNITY;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

ELEOCHARIS; ELEOCHARIS BALDWINII; PANICUM HEMITOMON;

EID: 0032861985     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161746     Document Type: Article

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