Groundwater control of mangrove surface elevation: Shrink and swell varies with soil depth

Estuaries

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 833-843

  Whelan, Kevin R T ^a,d   Smith III, Thomas J ^b   Cahoon, Donald R ^c   Lynch, James C ^c   Anderson, Gordon H ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; MANGROVE; SHRINKAGE; SOIL DEPTH;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 31144437547     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02696013     Document Type: Article

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