Developing success criteria for restored eelgrass, salt marsh and mud fiat habitats

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 239-252

  Short, Frederick T ^a   Burdick, David M ^a   Short, Catherine A ^a   Davis, Ryan C ^a   Morgan, Pamela A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eelgrass; Estuarine; Habitat; Mud flat; Restoration; Salt marsh; Success criteria

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MUDFLAT; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

HALOPHILA;

EID: 0033943736     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-8574(00)00079-3     Document Type: Article

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