Relative sea-level changes at shallow coasts inferred from reed bed distribution over the last 50 years in Matsalu Bay, the Baltic Sea

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Meriste, Mats ^a   Kirsime, Kalle ^a   Freiberg, Lilian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

eutrophication; land uplift; Phragmites; water depth

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIATION; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH RATE; ISOSTASY; REEDBED; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHALLOW WATER; UPLIFT; WATER DEPTH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; ESTONIA; MATSALU BAY;

PHRAGMITES;

EID: 84855999112     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-10-00049.1     Document Type: Article

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