The legacy of agricultural reclamation on channel and pool networks of Bay of Fundy salt marshes

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 151-160

  MacDonald, Graham K ^a,b   Noel, Paula E ^a,c   van Proosdij, Danika ^d   Chmura, Gail L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Creeks; Ponds; Recovering wetlands; Restoration; Salt marsh; Tidal channels

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CHANNELIZATION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; POOL; RECLAIMED LAND; SALTMARSH; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY;

EID: 75849117589     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9222-4     Document Type: Article

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