Defining restoration targets for water depth and salinity in wind-dominated Spartina patens (Ait.) Muhl. coastal marshes

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 376, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 327-336

  Nyman, J A ^a   La Peyre, M K ^b   Caldwell, A ^a   Piazza, S ^a   Thom, C ^a   Winslow, C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

La Ni a; Louisiana; Marsh; Restoration; Spartina

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MARSH; COASTAL WETLANDS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; FLOOD WATERS; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; LOCAL DATA; LOUISIANA; MARSH; MEAN HIGH WATERS; MEAN LOW WATER LEVELS; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; RESTORATION PROJECT; RIVER RUNOFFS; SALINITY GRADIENTS; SPARTINA; TIME PERIODS; WATER DEPTH; WATER SALINITY; WETLAND LOSS;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RESTORATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER LEVELS;

WETLANDS;

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; FLOODING; RUNOFF; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; WATER DEPTH; WATER LEVEL; WATER RETENTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SPARTINA; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 70249108873     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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