Sediment Accumulation Rates and Submersed Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) Distributions in the Mesohaline Chesapeake Bay, USA

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1416-1431

  Palinkas, Cindy M ^a   Koch, Evamaria W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

210Pb; Chesapeake Bay; Nearshore; SAV; Sea level rise; Seagrass; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; GRAIN SIZE; LEAD ISOTOPE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAGRASS; SHORELINE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866863666     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-012-9542-7     Document Type: Article

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