Patterns of development in the creekbank region of a barrier island Spartina alterniflora marsh

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 180, Issue , 1999, Pages 161-177

  Tyler, Anna Christina ^a   Zieman, Joseph C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier island; Chronosequence; Salt marsh; Spartina; Succession; Tidal creek

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; SALTMARSH;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0033519406     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps180161     Document Type: Article

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