Latitudinal trends in Spartina alterniflora productivity and the response of coastal marshes to global change

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1982-1989

  Kirwan, Matthew L ^a   Guntenspergen, Glenn R ^b   Morris, James T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Climate; Sealevel; Temperature; Warming; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; COASTAL WETLAND; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RATE; MACROPHYTE; MARSH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 67650299745     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01834.x     Document Type: Article

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