Cost-effectiveness of two small-scale salt marsh restoration designs

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 250-256

  Sparks, Eric L ^a,b   Cebrian, Just ^a,b   Biber, Patrick D ^c   Sheehan, Kate L ^d   Tobias, Craig R ^e  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Black needlerush; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Colonization; Gulf of Mexico; Juncus roemerianus; Management; Morphology; Physiology; Transplant; Wetland

Indexed keywords

BLACK NEEDLERUSH; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; COLONIZATION; GULF OF MEXICO; JUNCUS ROEMERIANUS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DESIGN; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MANAGEMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESTORATION; TRANSPLANTS; WETLANDS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

CHLOROPHYLL; COLONIZATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; HARVESTING; MONOCOTYLEDON; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIVATE LAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; TRANSPLANTATION; VEGETATION COVER; WETLAND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

JUNCUS ROEMERIANUS;

EID: 84875246832     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.12.053     Document Type: Article

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