New England salt marsh pools: A quantitative analysis of geomorphic and geographic features

Wetlands

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 279-288

  Adamowicz, Susan C ^a,c   Roman, Charles T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c Rachel Carson NWR   (United States)

Author keywords

Ditching; Marsh pools; New England; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL FEATURE; POOL; SALTMARSH; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31544477370     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/4     Document Type: Article

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