Biological resources of the Louisiana coast: Part 1. An overview of coastal plant communities of the Louisiana Gulf shoreline

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 21, Issue SPEC. ISS. 44, 2005, Pages 134-145

  Hester, Mark W ^a   Spalding, Elizabeth A ^a   Franze, Carol D ^a  

^a University of New Orleans   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier islands; Black mangrove; Chenier Plain; Deltaic; Dune; Northern Gulf of Mexico; Panicum; Plant communities; Sea oats; Spartina; Submersed aquatic vegetation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; AVENA; AVICENNIA GERMINANS; PANICUM; SPARTINA;

EID: 22744459931     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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