Climate change: Potential impacts and interactions in wetlands of the United States

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 313-320

  Burkett, Virginia ^a   Kusler, Jon ^b  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Assoc of State Wetland Managers   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon reservoirs; Climate change; CO2; Coastal wetland; Peatlands; Permafrost; Prairie pothole; Sea level rise; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; VULNERABILITY; WETLAND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034119721     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2000.tb04270.x     Document Type: Article

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