Primary production and decomposition of wetlands of the Rhone Delta, France: Interactive impacts of human modifications and relative sea level rise

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 717-731

  Ibañez, Carles ^a   Day Jr , John W ^b   Pont, Didier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Grazing; Hypersalinity; Mediterranean; Sea level rise; Waterlogging; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DECOMPOSITION; DELTA; GRAZING; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WETLAND;

FRANCE;

ARTHROCNEMUM FRUTICOSUM; ARTHROCNEMUM GLAUCUM; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SCIRPUS MARITIMUS; TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 0345517974     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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