Pattern and process of land loss in the Mississippi Delta: A spatial and temporal analysis of wetland habitat change

Estuaries

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 425-438

  Day, J W ^a   Britsch, L D ^b   Hawes, S R ^b   Shaffer, G P ^c   Reed, D J ^d   Cahoon, D ^e  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^c SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^e NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANAL; DREDGING; HABITAT LOSS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WETLAND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033805814     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1353136     Document Type: Article

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