Land cover changes in tidal salt marshes of the Bahía Blanca estuary (Argentina) during the past 40 years

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 133, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-31

  Pratolongo, Paula ^a,b   Mazzon, Carla ^a,b,c   Zapperi, Georgina ^a,b   Piovan, María Julia ^a,b   Brinson, Mark M ^d  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Bah a Blanca estuary; Coastal erosion; Salt marshes; Sea level changes; Sedimentation; South America

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; COASTAL EROSION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DREDGING; EL NINO; GIS; HARBOR; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; LANDFILL; MUDFLAT; RAINFALL; SALTMARSH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; SHRUB; STEPPE;

ARGENTINA; BAHIA BLANCA ESTUARY; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; MALDONADO [URUGUAY]; MALDONADO BAY; URUGUAY;

SARCOCORNIA PERENNIS; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 84885956622     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.07.016     Document Type: Article

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