Forecasting the effects of accelerated sea-level rise on tidal marsh ecosystem services

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 73-78

  Craft, Christopher ^a   Clough, Jonathan ^b   Ehman, Jeff ^c   Jove, Samantha ^d   Park, Richard ^e   Pennings, Steve ^f   Guo, Hongyu ^f   Machmuller, Megan ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Warren Pinnacle Consulting Inc   (United States)

^c Lmage Matters   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e Eco Modeling   (United States)

^f University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FIELD METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LABORATORY METHOD; MARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61849110406     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/070219     Document Type: Article

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