Impact of the cord-grass Spartina alterniflora on sedimentary and morphological evolution of tidal salt marshes on the Jiangsu coast, China

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 32-42

  Wang, Aijun ^a   Gao, Shu ^b   Jia, Jianjun ^a  

^a Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Jiangsu coast; Morphological evolution; Sedimentation; Spartina alterniflora; Tidal flat

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; COASTAL WETLAND; EROSION; GRASS; MORPHOLOGY; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENTATION; TIDAL FLAT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU; WANGGANG;

SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SUAEDA SALSA;

EID: 33750105836     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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