Modelling of groundwater-vegetation interactions in a tidal marsh

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-68

  Xin, Pei ^a   Kong, Jun ^b   Li, Ling ^a,b   Barry, D A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Plant zonation; Salt marsh; Soil aeration condition; Tide; Vegetation groundwater interaction

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; CHARACTERISTIC ZONES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; PLANT GROWTH ENHANCEMENTS; PLANT ZONATION; SALT MARSHES; SOIL AERATION; VEGETATION-GROUNDWATER INTERACTION;

ECOLOGY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FEEDBACK; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; SOILS; TIDES; TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

WETLANDS;

AERATION; BIOMASS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SALTMARSH; SOIL WATER; VEGETATION COVER; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84877837257     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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