Impacts from ditching salt marshes in the mid-Atlantic and northeastern United States

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 116-126

  Tonjes, David J ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ditching; Hydrology; Impact; Marsh functions; Mosquito control; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

DITCHING; ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ESTUARINE ECOLOGY; IMPACT; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SALT MARSH SYSTEMS; SALT MARSHES; WATER TABLE HEIGHT;

ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MOSQUITO CONTROL; TIDES;

WETLANDS;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 84878867184     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/er-2013-0003     Document Type: Review

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