Wind-driven sea-level variation influences dynamics of salt marsh vegetation

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-248

  Kim, Daehyun ^a   Cairns, David M ^b   Bartholdy, Jesper ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Global climate change; Sea level rise; Succession; Wind tide

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WIND FORCING;

DENMARK;

HALIMIONE PORTULACOIDES;

EID: 79952427725     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2010.544933     Document Type: Article

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