Tidal freshwater forest accretion does not keep pace with sea level rise

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3615-3623

  Craft, Christopher B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; N P accumulation; Saltwater intrusion; Sea level rise; Soil accretion; Tidal freshwater forests

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST COVER; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SALINE INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VEGETATION COVER;

NEWPORT RIVER; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

PASSERI;

EID: 84868204475     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12009     Document Type: Article

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