Responses of plant communities to incremental hydrologic restoration of a tide-restricted salt marsh in Southern New England (Massachusetts, U.S.A.)

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 606-618

  Smith, Stephen M ^a   Roman, Charles T ^b   James Pirri, Mary Jane ^c   Chapman, Kelly ^a   Portnoy, John ^a   Gwilliam, Evan ^a  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cape Cod; Phragmites; Plant community; Salt marsh; Spartina; Tidal restoration; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; GERMINATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLANT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SPARTINA;

EID: 70349512132     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00426.x     Document Type: Article

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