Sea-level rise and landscape change influence mangrove encroachment onto marsh in the Ten Thousand Islands region of Florida, USA

Journal of Coastal Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 629-638

  Krauss, Ken W ^a   From, Andrew S ^b   Doyle, Thomas W ^a   Doyle, Terry J ^c   Barry, Michael J ^d  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b IAP World Services Inc   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d Institute for Regional Conservation   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal habitat; Hydrological change; Salinity; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MANGROVE; MARSH; OVERLAND FLOW; RAINFALL; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WADER; WETLAND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF OF MEXICO; TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 80053937087     PISSN: 14000350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11852-011-0153-4     Document Type: Article

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