Precipitation during El Niño correlates with increasing spread of Phragmites australis in New England, USA, coastal marshes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 242, Issue , 2002, Pages 305-309

  Minchinton, Todd E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coastal marshes; El Ni o; Global climate change; Invasive species; La Ni a; Phragmites australis; Salinity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EL NINO; GRASS; MARSH; POPULATION GROWTH;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 0037175222     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps242305     Document Type: Article

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