The effects of water-level fluctuations on vegetation in a Lake Huron wetland

Wetlands

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 487-501

  Wilcox, Douglas A ^a   Nichols, S Jerrine ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drawdown; Great lakes; Hydrodynamic model; Plant communities; Schoenoplectus pungens; Typha angustifolia

Indexed keywords

DRAWDOWN; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAKE WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION; WATER LEVEL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE HURON; NORTH AMERICA;

SCHOENOPLECTUS PUNGENS; TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 55949096425     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/07-129.1     Document Type: Article

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