The effect of water level management on the soils and vegetation of two coastal Louisiana marshes

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 193-218

  Flynn, K M ^c   Mendelssohn, I A ^a   Wilsey, B J ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U States Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Burning; Eh; Hydrologic alterations; Levees and water control structures; Plant CO2 exchange rates; Spartina patents; Structural marsh management; Sulfide

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; LAND DEGRADATION; SOIL PROPERTY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 0033507226     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008486500173     Document Type: Article

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