Salt marsh stabilization affects algal primary producers at the marsh edge

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-140

  O'Connor, Mary I ^a,b,d   Violin, Christy R ^b   Anton, Andrea ^b   Ladwig, Laura M ^c   Piehler, Michael F ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic algae; Macroalgae; North Carolina; Salt marsh; Shoreline stabilization

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL WETLAND; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GRASS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROALGA; PHYTOBENTHOS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STABILIZATION; SUBSTRATE;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 79952897915     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-010-9206-y     Document Type: Article

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