Successional development of saltmarsh in two managed realignment areas in se england, and prospects for saltmarsh restoration

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 384, Issue , 2009, Pages 13-22

  Hughes, R G ^a   Fletcher, P W ^a   Hardy, M J ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Managed realignment; Saltmarsh restoration; Saltmarsh succession; Zonation

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; INHIBITION; PATCHINESS; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; SALTMARSH; SEAGRASS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; ZONATION;

BLACKWATER ESTUARY; ENGLAND; ESSEX [ENGLAND]; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX PORTULACOIDES; ELYTRIGIA; PUCCINELLIA MARITIMA; SALICORNIA; SALICORNIA EUROPAEA; SUAEDA MARITIMA;

EID: 67651108637     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08027     Document Type: Article

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