Accelerating the restoration of vegetation in a southern California salt marsh

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 269-286

  O'Brien, Erin L ^a   Zedler, Joy B ^b  

^a Wisconsin Hospital Association   (United States)

^b Botany Department and Arboretum   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster planting; Halophyte establishment; Halophyte growth; Soil amendment; Spartina foliosa; Tidal creek; Wetland

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; NITROGEN; PLANT; REVEGETATION; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BATIS MARITIMA; JAUMEA CARNOSA; SPARTINA FOLIOSA;

EID: 33744479682     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-005-1480-8     Document Type: Article

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