Predicting the retreat and migration of tidal forests along the northern Gulf of Mexico under sea-level rise

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 770-777

  Doyle, Thomas W ^a   Krauss, Ken W ^a   Conner, William H ^b   From, Andrew S ^c  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IAP World Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coastal ecosystems; Eustacy; Gulf of Mexico; Mangrove; Modeling; Saltmarsh; Sea level rise; SLOPE model; Tidal freshwater forests; Tidal range

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; GULF OF MEXICO; MANGROVE; SALT MARSHES; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL RISE; TIDAL RANGES;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE MODELS; COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL; TIDES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DIEBACK; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; MIGRATION; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDAL RANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 73449087931     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.10.023     Document Type: Article

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