Soil characteristics of sediment-amended baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) swamps of coastal Louisiana

Wetlands

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 735-744

  Jiang, Ming ^a   Middleton, Beth A ^b  

^a NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Barataria; Coastal wetland; Dredging; Jean Lafitte; Soil development; Wetland rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; COASTAL WETLAND; CONIFEROUS TREE; DREDGING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STABILIZATION; SOIL TEXTURE; SWAMP;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

TAXODIUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 80955133908     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-011-0189-0     Document Type: Article

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