Changes in soils and vegetation in a Mediterranean coastal salt marsh impacted by human activities

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 510-526

  Alvarez Rogel J ^a   Jimenez Carceles F J ^a   Roca, M J ^a   Ortiz, R ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mar Menor; moisture gradients; nutrients input; plant zonation; salinity gradients; wetland disturbance

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PERENNIAL PLANT; SALTMARSH; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL PROFILE; VEGETATION COVER; WETLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MAR MENOR; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

JUNCUS MARITIMUS; LIMONIUM DELICATULUM; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SARCOCORNIA FRUTICOSA;

EID: 34249006582     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.02.018     Document Type: Article

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