Elevation and plant community distribution in a microtidal salt marsh of the western Gulf of Mexico

Wetlands

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 575-583

  Rasser, Michael K ^a   Fowler, Norma L ^b   Dunton, Kenneth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental gradient; Plant community ecology; Salt marsh restoration; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GPS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION COVER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880840920     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-013-0398-9     Document Type: Article

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