Trajectory of early tidal marsh restoration: Elevation, sedimentation and colonization of breached salt ponds in the northern San Francisco Bay

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 19-29

  Brand, L Arriana ^a   Smith, Lacy M ^a   Takekawa, John Y ^a   Athearn, Nicole D ^b   Taylor, Karen ^c   Shellenbarger, Gregory G ^a   Schoellhamer, David H ^a   Spenst, Renee ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^d Ducks Unlimited   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Elevation; Marshplain development; Salt marsh; Salt pond; Spartina foliosa

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE ELEVATION; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ELEVATION; MARSHPLAIN DEVELOPMENT; SALT MARSH; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SEDIMENT LOADS; SEDIMENT LOSS; SPARTINA FOLIOSA; TARGET SPECIES; TIDAL MARSHES; WEST COAST;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BATHYMETRY; RESTORATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

LAKES;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BIOREMEDIATION; COLONIZATION; ELEVATION; GRASS; MARSH; POND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALT; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

SPARTINA; SPARTINA FOLIOSA;

EID: 84863395553     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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