Uncertain future of New England salt marshes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 434, Issue , 2011, Pages 229-237

  Gedan, Keryn B ^a,b   Altieri, Andrew H ^a   Bertness, Mark D ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Eutrophication; Invasive species; Management; Phragmites australis; Salt marsh die off; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EUTROPHICATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; GRASS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 79961097284     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09084     Document Type: Review

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