Feedbacks between inundation, root production, and shoot growth in a rapidly submerging brackish marsh

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 764-770

  Kirwan, Matthew L ^a   Guntenspergen, Glenn R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion; Climate change; Peat; Plant climate interactions; Productivity; Sea level rise; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BRACKISH WATER; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL LANDFORM; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GRASS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LANDSCAPE; MARSH; ROOT; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDGE;

SCHOENOPLECTUS AMERICANUS; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 84859717476     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01957.x     Document Type: Article

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