Hurricane Katrina sediment slowed elevation loss in subsiding brackish marshes of the Mississippi River delta

Wetlands

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-15

  McKee, Karen L ^a   Cherry, Julia A ^b  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion; Coastal; Elevation change; Organic matter; Schoenoplectus; Sea level rise; Spartina; Storm; Subsidence; Wetland loss

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BRACKISH WATER; COASTAL WETLAND; COMPACTION; ELEVATION; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; RHIZOSPHERE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; PEARL RIVER [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

SCHOENOPLECTUS; SPARTINA;

EID: 70349488672     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/08-32.1     Document Type: Article

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