Temporary vegetation disturbance as an explanation for permanent loss of tidal wetlands

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Kirwan, Matthew L ^a   Murray, A Brad ^a   Boyd, W Sean ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; EROSION; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VEGETATION;

MARSHLAND; PLATFORM ACCRETION; TIDAL WETLANDS;

WETLANDS;

ACCRETION; COASTAL WETLAND; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARSH; NUMERICAL MODEL; VEGETATION;

EID: 43549109851     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032681     Document Type: Article

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