Mangrove-saltmarsh dynamics on a bay-head delta in the Hawkesbury River estuary, New South Wales, Australia

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 413, Issue , 1999, Pages 95-102

  Saintilan, N ^a   Hashimoto, T R ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accretion; Coastal wetlands; Delta; Estuary sea level; Holocene; Mangrove; Saltmarsh; Succession

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; MANGROVE; SALTMARSH; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

AUSTRALIA;

AEGICERAS CORNICULATUM; AVICENNIA MARINA;

EID: 0033570350     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003886725832     Document Type: Article

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