Assessing coastal squeeze of tidal wetlands

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1049-1061

  Torio, Dante D ^a   Chmura, Gail L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

coastal development; Coastal squeeze; fuzzy logic; GIS; mangrove swamp; salt marsh; sea level rise; tidal freshwater marsh

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL WETLAND; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; INLAND SEA; MANGROVE; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VULNERABILITY;

CANADA; KOUCHIBOUGUAC NATIONAL PARK; MAINE; NEW BRUNSWICK; PORTLAND [MAINE]; UNITED STATES; WELLS;

EID: 84884604907     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-12-00162.1     Document Type: Article

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