Co-development of wetland soils and benthic invertebrate communities following salt marsh creation

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 197-207

  Craft, C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Mitigation; Nitrogen; Organic matter; Pedogenesis; Phosphorus; Plant productivity; Restoration and rehabilitation; Salt marsh; Wetland creation

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; INVERTEBRATE; PEDOGENESIS; SALTMARSH; SOIL PROPERTY; WETLAND;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ANNELIDA; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0033938876     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008448620605     Document Type: Article

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