Untangling the confounding effects of urbanization and high water level on the cover of emergent vegetation in Cootes Paradise Marsh, a degraded coastal wetland of Lake Ontario

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 544, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Wei, A ^a   Chow Fraser, P ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Digital elevation model; Emergent vegetation; Multiple stressors; Urbanization; Water level; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; COASTAL ZONES; LAKES; POPULATION STATISTICS; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS; EMERGENT VEGETATION; MULTIPLE STRESSORS; URBANIZATION;

WATER LEVELS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION COVER; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

CANADA; COOTES PARADISE MARSH; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20144371106     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-7894-0     Document Type: Article

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