Sea level rise and South Florida coastal forests

Climatic Change

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-108

  Saha, Amartya K ^a   Saha, Sonali ^b   Sadle, Jimi ^c   Jiang, Jiang ^d   Ross, Michael S ^a   Price, R M ^a   Sternberg, Leonel S L O ^d   Wendelberger, Kristie S ^e  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for Regional Conservation   (United States)

^c Everglades National Park   (United States)

^d University of Miami   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; COASTAL FOREST; DEPTH-TO-WATER; EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; FIELD DATA; FRESHWATER INFLOW; LIFE HISTORY; RARE SPECIES; RELATIVE RISKS; RISING WATER TABLE; SEA LEVEL RISE; SOUTH FLORIDA; SPECIES COMPOSITION; VADOSE ZONE; WATER SOURCE;

GROUNDWATER; HARDWOODS; PARKS; RISK PERCEPTION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEAWATER;

SEA LEVEL;

DROUGHT STRESS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RARE SPECIES; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAWATER; SHRUB; TRANSPIRATION; VADOSE ZONE; WATER TABLE;

COASTS; FLORIDA; GROUND WATER; HARDWOODS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALINITY; SALT WATER; SEA WATER; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CONOCARPUS ERECTUS;

EID: 79958808870     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0082-0     Document Type: Review

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