Assessing salt marsh health: A test of the utility of five potential indicators

Wetlands

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 406-414

  Pennings, Steven C ^b   Dan Wall, V ^c   Moore, Darrin J ^d   Pattanayek, Mala ^e   Buck, Tracy L ^a   Alberts, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c US Environmental Protection Agency Region 8   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Harding ESE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem health; Environmental impacts; Georgia; Glutathione; Indicators; Microtox; Peroxidase; Photosynthesis; Pollution; Salt marsh; Spartina alterniflora; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLLUTION MONITORING; SALTMARSH; TRANSPIRATION; WETLAND;

CHARLESTON HARBOR; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

INVERTEBRATA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 25144517061     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2002)022[0406:ASMHAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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