Freshwater input structures soil properties, vertical accretion, and nutrient accumulation of Georgia and U.S. tidal marshes

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1220-1230

  Craft, Christopher ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; ACCRETION; BELOWGROUND PRODUCTION; BULK DENSITY; FRESHWATER; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SALTMARSH; SOIL PROPERTY;

ALTAMAHA RIVER; DOBOY SOUND; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAPELO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249746286     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.3.1220     Document Type: Article

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