Forested wetland communities as indicators of tidal influence along the apalachicola river, Florida, USA

Wetlands

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 895-906

  Anderson, Christopher J ^a   Lockaby, B Graeme ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal wetlands; Estuaries; Forested wetland communities; National Wetland Inventory. Apalachicola River; Tidal freshwater forested wetlands; Tidal influence

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL PROFILE; STAND STRUCTURE; TIDAL CHANNEL; WETLAND;

APALACHICOLA RIVER; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863703686     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-011-0204-5     Document Type: Article

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