Long-term recovery of a Louisiana brackish marsh plant community from oil-spill impact: Vegetation response and mitigating effects of marsh surface elevation

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 233-254

  Hester, M W ^a   Mendelssohn, I A ^b  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ctr Coast Ener Environ R   (United States)

Author keywords

Brackish marshes; Land loss; Oil spills; Remote sensing; Restoration; Salt marshes; Spartina

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ELEVATION; MARSH; OIL SPILL; PLANT COMMUNITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OIL SPILL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUEL OILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LOUISIANA; MARINE BIOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

UNITED STATES;

SPARTINA;

EID: 0033627118     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(99)00071-9     Document Type: Article

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