Outline of a new approach to evaluate ecological integrity of salt marshes

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1541-1554

  Wigand, Cathleen ^a   Comeleo, Randy ^b   McKinney, Richard ^a   Thursby, Glen ^a   Chintala, Marnita ^a   Charpentier, Michael ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b OAO Corporation   (United States)

^c LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Habitat; Integrity; Plant zonation; Salt marsh; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044530383     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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