Changes in saltmarsh surface elevation due to variability in evapotranspiration and tidal flooding

Estuaries

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-89

  Paquette, Cynthia H ^a   Sundberg, Karen L ^a,c   Boumans, Roelof M J ^b   Chmura, Gail L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; ELEVATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOODING; SALTMARSH; TIDAL RANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY;

EID: 2142647475     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803562     Document Type: Article

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