Interactions of Storm, Drought, and Sea-level Rise on Coastal Forest: A Case Study

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1116-1121

  Williams, Kimberlyn ^a   MacDonald, Michelina ^b   Sternberg, Leonel Da Silveira Lobo ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Cabbage palm; Coastal hydric hammock; Gulf of Mexico; Juniperus virginiana var. silicicola; Sabal palmetto; Salinity; Southern red cedar; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA SILICICOLA; SABAL; SABAL PALMETTO;

EID: 0345446020     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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