Fluctuating deposition of ocean water drives plant function on coastal sand dunes

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 216-223

  Greaver, Tara L ^a   Sternberg, Leonel S L ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal ecology; Eco physiology; Island ecology; Ocean water; Oxygen isotopes; Plant distribution; Sea level rise; Water sources

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DUNE FIELD; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYDROLOGY; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW;

EID: 33846188059     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01287.x     Document Type: Review

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