Reconstructing New England salt marsh losses using historical maps

Estuaries

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 823-832

  Bromberg, Keryn D ^a   Bertness, Mark D ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT LOSS; HISTORICAL RECORD; MAP; REMOTE SENSING; SALTMARSH;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31144448602     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02696012     Document Type: Article

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