Interactive effects of hydrology and salinity on oligohaline plant species productivity: Implications of relative sea-level rise

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 214-225

  Spalding, E A ^a   Hester, M W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL WETLAND; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GRASS; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYDROLOGY; MARSH; MORTALITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALISMATACEAE; PANICUM HEMITOMON; SAGITTARIA LANCIFOLIA; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 34250818003     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02700165     Document Type: Article

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