Sea level rise and eelgrass (Zostera marina) production: A spatially explicit relative elevation model for Padilla Bay, WA

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1005-1016

  Kairis, Peter A ^a   Rybczyk, John M ^b  

^a Skagit River System Cooperative   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eelgrass; Eustatic sea level rise; Padilla Bay; Relative elevation model; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLANDS; CURRENT RATE; ELEVATION MODELS; EUSTATIC SEA-LEVEL RISE; FIELD DATA; MODEL SIMULATION; NON-LINEAR; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; SURFACE ELEVATIONS; VEGETATION COMMUNITY; WASHINGTON; ZOSTERA MARINA;

MARINAS; PRODUCTIVITY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER LEVELS; WETLANDS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COASTAL WETLAND; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EUSTACY; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; WATER LEVEL;

PADILLA BAY; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

PADILLA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 76249084541     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.01.025     Document Type: Article

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