Interactive effects of salinity, flooding, and soil type on Panicum hemitomon

Wetlands

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-50

  Willis, Jonathan M ^a,b   Hester, Mark W ^b  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pontchartrain Instfor Environ Sci   (United States)

Author keywords

Flooding; Louisiana; Marsh loss; Organic soil; Panicum hemitomon; Salinity; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; HABITAT LOSS; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOIL TYPE; WETLAND;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PANICUM; PANICUM HEMITOMON;

EID: 16544382775     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2004)024[0043:IEOSFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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