Seed-bank and vegetation development in a created tidal freshwater wetland on the Delaware River, Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Wetlands

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 310-343

  Leck, Mary Allessio ^a  

^a RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Seed bank; Seed persistence; Tidal freshwater marsh; Wetland colonization; Wetland mitigation; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED BANK; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

DELAWARE RIVER; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042570647     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/9-20     Document Type: Article

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