Long-term Ecological Consequences of Anthropogenic Disturbance on Saginaw Bay Coastal Wet Meadow Vegetation

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 147-159

  Stanley, Kurt E ^a   Murphy, Peter G ^a   Prince, Harold H ^a   Burton, Thomas M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coastal wetlands; Disturbance; Great Lakes; Saginaw Bay; vegetation change; wet meadow

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONES; FORESTRY; LAKES; REVEGETATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER LEVELS; WETLANDS;

COASTAL WETLANDS; DISTURBANCE; GREAT LAKES; SAGINAW BAY; VEGETATION CHANGE; WET MEADOW;

VEGETATION;

LYSIMACHIA; LYTHRACEAE; LYTHRUM SALICARIA;

EID: 38349049858     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(05)70295-1     Document Type: Article

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