Holocene vegetation dynamics of an upper St. Lawrence River wetland: Paleoecological evidence for a recent increase in cattail (Typha)

Wetlands

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 805-816

  Rippke, Molly Beland ^a,b   Distler, Matthew T ^a   Farrell, John M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal wetlands; Palynology; Wetland succession

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COASTAL ZONE; HOLOCENE; MARSH; MONOCOTYLEDON; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER LEVEL;

SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

ALNUS; CAREX LURIDA; TYPHA; TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA; TYPHA GLAUCA; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 77956412025     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-010-0068-0     Document Type: Article

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