Site characteristics and plant community development following partial gravel removal in an arctic oilfield

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 384-393

  Kidd, Janet G ^a   Streever, Bill ^b   Jorgenson, M Torre ^a  

^a ABR Inc   (United States)

^b BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; GRAVEL; OIL FIELD; PLANT COMMUNITY; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; REVEGETATION; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SOIL TEXTURE; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; ASIA; COASTAL PLAIN; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH SLOPE; PRUDHOE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748759319     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2006)38[384:SCAPCD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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