Tasmanian coastal saltmarsh community transitions associated with climate change and relative sea level rise 1975-2009

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 741-748

  Prahalad, Vishnu N ^a   Kirkpatrick, Jamie B ^a   Mount, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GLOBAL WARMING; REMOTE SENSING; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SALTMARSH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VULNERABILITY; WIND VELOCITY;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 84856824691     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT11206     Document Type: Review

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