Hydrology, vegetation, and soils of riverine and tidal floodplain forests of the lower Suwannee River, Florida, and potential impacts of flow reductions

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1656, 2002, Pages 1-98

  Light, Helen M ^a   Darst, Melanie R ^a   Lewis, Lori J ^a   Howell, David A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; FLOW REGULATION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; RIVER FLOW; SOIL SURVEY; VEGETATION;

FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; SUWANNEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS PROFUNDA; INVERTEBRATA; MAGNOLIA; MAGNOLIA VIRGINIANA; MAGNOLIACEAE; NYSSA; NYSSA AQUATICA; NYSSA BIFLORA; NYSSACEAE; PISCES; QUERCUS; QUERCUS LAURIFOLIA; QUERCUS VIRGINIANA; SABAL; SABAL PALMETTO; TAXODIUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 1642397605     PISSN: 10449612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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