The Role of Phragmites australis in Mediating Inland Salt Marsh Migration in a Mid-Atlantic Estuary

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Smith, Joseph A M ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOTONE; ESTUARY; FOREST; HABITAT; LANDSCAPE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SALINITY; SALT MARSH; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ESTUARIES; LINEAR MODELS; NEW JERSEY; POACEAE; SALINITY; TREES; WETLANDS;

EID: 84878002302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065091     Document Type: Article

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