Impact of land-use change and hard structures on the evolution of fringing marsh shorelines

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 365-376

  Mattheus, Christopher R ^a   Rodriguez, Antonio B ^a   McKee, Brent A ^a   Currin, Carolyn A ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

anthropogenic effects; estuaries; nearshore sedimentation; North Carolina; salt marshes; sea level changes

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BARRIER ISLAND; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL EVOLUTION; EROSION RATE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FRINGING REEF; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LIDAR; RADIONUCLIDE; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SHORELINE; WATERSHED;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77953133055     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.04.016     Document Type: Article

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