Salt marsh zonal migration and ecosystem service change in response to global sea level rise: A case study from an urban region

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Feagin, Rusty A ^a   Martinez, M Luisa ^b   Mendoza Gonzalez, Gabriela ^b   Costanza, Robert ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Instituto de Ecología

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal ecology; Coastal plant migration; Sea level rise; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PLANT COMMUNITY; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF; URBAN REGION;

EID: 78651501007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03724-150414     Document Type: Article

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