Evaluating salt marsh restoration success with an index of ecosystem integrity

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 410-418

  Staszak, Lindsey A ^a   Armitage, Anna R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; ecosystem index; ecosystem services; hydrology; Index of Biological Integrity; salt marsh; Spartina alterniflora

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BENTHOS; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GRASS; HABITAT RESTORATION; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH;

GALVESTON BAY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875124172     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-12-00075.1     Document Type: Article

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