Relationships among upland development, nitrogen, and plant community composition in a Maine Salt marsh

Wetlands

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1179-1188

  Fitch, Rosemarie ^a   Theodose, Theresa ^a   Dionne, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^b Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrate; Spartina alterniflora; Triglochin maritimum

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BUFFERING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GRASS; RUNOFF; SALTMARSH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UPLAND REGION;

MAINE; UNITED STATES;

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; TRIGLOCHIN MARITIMUM;

EID: 72449192668     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/08-154.1     Document Type: Article

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