A field study on groundwater dynamics in a salt marsh - Chongming Dongtan wetland

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue , 2012, Pages 61-69

  Cao, Miao ^a   Xin, Pei ^a,b   Jin, Guangqiu ^a   Li, Ling ^b  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chongming Dongtan wetland; Groundwater table fluctuation; Plant growth; Salt marsh; Yangtze estuary

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT; AVERAGE ELEVATION; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON EXCHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD STUDIES; FLUSHING EFFECT; GROUND WATER TABLE; GROUNDWATER DYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; LOW SALINITY; MARSH SOILS; MULTIPLE FACTORS; NUTRIENT EXCHANGE; PLANT GROWTH; PORE WATERS; SALT MARSH; SALT MARSHES; SHANGHAI , CHINA; SOIL AERATION; SUBSURFACE HYDROLOGY; WATER TABLES; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATION; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

GROUNDWATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOILS; WATER LEVELS;

WETLANDS;

COASTAL WATER; GROUNDWATER; GROWTH RATE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER TABLE;

CHINA; SHANGHAI; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 84855245649     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.12.018     Document Type: Article

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