Plant zonation in restored, nonrestored, and preserved Spartina maritima salt marshes

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 629-634

  Curado, G ^a   Rubio Casal, A E ^a   Figueroa, E ^a   Castillo, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

monitoring; Odiel Marshes; redox potential; Sarcocornia perennis; Small cordgrass; Spartina densiflora; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HABITAT RESTORATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SALTMARSH; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION COVER; ZONATION;

ANDALUCIA; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; IBERIAN PENINSULA; ODIEL ESTUARY; SPAIN;

EID: 84879579515     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-12-00089.1     Document Type: Article

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