Short-term sedimentation in Tagus estuary, Portugal: The influence of salt marsh plants

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 587, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 185-193

  Salgueiro, Nuno ^a   Cacador I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Salt marsh; Salt marsh plants; Sea level rise; Short term sedimentation; Tagus estuary; Vertical accretion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION;

SALT MARSH; SALT MARSH PLANTS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SHORT TERM SEDIMENTATION; TAGUS ESTUARY; VERTICAL ACCRETION;

ESTUARIES;

ACCRETION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SALTMARSH; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGUS ESTUARY;

HALIMIONE PORTULACOIDES; SARCOCORNIA FRUTICOSA; SARCOCORNIA PERENNIS; SPARTINA MARITIMA;

EID: 34250788015     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0678-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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