Altered hydrology effects on Louisiana salt marsh function

Wetlands

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 617-626

  Kuhn, Nathan L ^a   Mendelssohn, Irving A ^a   Reed, Denise J ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Land loss; Restoration; Sediment; Structural marsh management

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; SALTMARSH; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033371558     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161699     Document Type: Article

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