Will inundation and salinity levels associated with projected sea level rise reduce the survival, growth, and reproductive capacity of Sarcocornia pacifica (pickleweed)?

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 102, Issue , 2012, Pages 8-14

  Woo, I ^a   Takekawa, J Y ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Plant survival; San Francisco Bay Estuary; Sarcocornia pacifica; Sea level rise; Tidal marsh

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOMASS; COASTAL WETLAND; DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOODING; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HALOPHYTE; HERB; MARSH; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

SALICORNIA; SARCOCORNIA PACIFICA;

EID: 84863227594     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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