Soils of a dune coastal salt marsh system in relation to groundwater level, micro-topography and vegetation under a semiarid Mediterranean climate in SE Spain

Catena

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-121

  Alvarez Rogel J ^a   Carrasco, L ^b   Marin C M ^a   Martinez Sanchez J J ^c  

^a ETS   (Spain)

^b RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquents; Arenosols; Dune system; Gleysols; Psamments; Redoximorphic features; Salids; Solonchaks; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ARENOSOL; DUNE; ENTISOL; FLUVISOL; GLEYSOL; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PEDON; REDOX CONDITIONS; SALTMARSH; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL SURVEY; SOLONCHAK; VEGETATION COVER; WATER LEVEL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AMMOPHILA ARENARIA; ARTHROCNEMUM MACROSTACHYUM; CRUCIANELLA MARITIMA; JUNCUS MARITIMUS; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS PHOENICEA; LIMONIUM COSSONIANUM; PINUS HALEPENSIS; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; POACEAE; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; RHAMNUS; RHAMNUS LYCIOIDES; SARCOCORNIA FRUTICOSA; SCHOENUS NIGRICANS; TEUCRIUM; TEUCRIUM DUNENSE; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 33846615923     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2006.04.024     Document Type: Article

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