Plant traits and spread of the invasive salt marsh grass, Spartina alterniflora Loisel., in the Great Brak Estuary, South Africa

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 313-322

  Adams, J B ^a   Grobler, A ^a   Rowe, C ^a   Riddin, T ^a   Bornman, T G ^b   Ayres, D R ^c  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENTAL OBSERVATION NETWORK   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

biomass; closed estuary; cordgrass; expansion rate; habitat loss; intertidal habitat

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GRASS; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT TYPE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MUDFLAT; SALTMARSH;

CAPE COAST; CENTRAL REGION [GHANA]; GHANA;

HYMENACHNE; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 84868219969     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2012.725279     Document Type: Article

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