Threshold effects of coastal urbanization on Phragmites australis (common reed) abundance and foliar nitrogen in Chesapeake Bay

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 469-481

  King, Ryan S ^a   Deluca, William V ^b,c   Whigham, Dennis F ^b   Marra, Peter P ^b,d  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COASTAL ZONE; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND USE; NITROGEN; REEDBED; SEAGRASS; URBANIZATION;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 34548044932     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02819393     Document Type: Article

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