Cattail invasion of sedge/grass meadows in Lake Ontario: Photointerpretation analysis of sixteen wetlands over five decades

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 301-323

  Wilcox, Douglas A ^a   Kowalski, Kurt P ^a   Hoare, Holly L ^a,c   Carlson, Martha L ^a   Morgan, Heather N ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Grand Rapids Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake Ontario; Lake level regulation plans; Meadow marsh; Photointerpretation; Typha; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

PHOTOINTERPRETATION; VEGETATION; WATER LEVELS; WETLANDS;

LAKE LEVEL CHANGES; LAKE ONTARIO; LAKE-LEVEL REGULATION PLANS; LIFE HISTORY STRATEGY; MEADOW MARSH; ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; TYPHA; VEGETATION CHANGE;

LAKES;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARSH; PHOTOGRAPH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEAGRASS; SEDGE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER DEPTH; WATER LEVEL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

CAREX; POACEAE; TYPHA; TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA; TYPHA GLAUCA;

EID: 46849114735     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2008)34[301:CIOGMI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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