Responses of coastal wetlands to rising sea level

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2869-2877

  Morris, James T ^a   Sundareshwar, P V ^a   Nietch, Christopher T ^a   Kjerfve, Björn ^a   Cahoon, D R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal wetlands; Model; Optimal elevation; Salt marsh; Sea level rise; Sediment accretion; Sedimentation; Spartina

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; MACROPHYTE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0038647726     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2869:ROCWTR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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