Seawater contamination of a harvested bog: Hydrological aspects

Wetlands

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 355-365

  Mouneimne, Sarah M ^a   Price, Jonathan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Peat; Salinity; Salt; Solute transport; Wetland hydrology; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BOG; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; HYDROLOGY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 39649121158     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2007)27[355:SCOAHB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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