Changes in salt Marsh vegetation, phragmites australis, and nekton in response to increased tidal flushing in a new England salt Marsh

Wetlands

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 544-557

  Buchsbaum, Robert N ^a   Catena, John ^b   Hutchins, Eric ^b   James Pirri, Mary Jane ^c  

^a Massachusetts Audubon Society   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal wetland; Phragmites australis; Salt marsh; Salt marsh fish; Spartina alterniflora; Tidal restriction; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; NEKTON; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; VEGETATION;

IPSWICH RIVER; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO SEMPERVIRENS; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 33845756228     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2006)26[544:CISMVP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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