Mineral versus organic contribution to vertical accretion and elevation change in restored marshes (Ebro Delta, Spain)

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 12-22

  Calvo Cubero, Juan ^a   Ibáñez, Carles ^b   Rovira, Albert ^b   Sharpe, Peter J ^c   Reyes, Enrique ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Marsh elevation; Marsh restoration; Paspalum distichum; Root growth; Sea level rise; Sediment inputs

Indexed keywords

MARSH ELEVATION; MARSH RESTORATION; PASPALUM DISTICHUM; ROOT GROWTH; SEA LEVEL RISE;

MINERALS; RESTORATION; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER LEVELS;

WETLANDS;

ACCRETION; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE; GRASS; HABITAT TYPE; MARSH; MINERAL; PADDY FIELD; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROOT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VULNERABILITY; WATER LEVEL; WATER TREATMENT; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

CATALONIA; EBRO DELTA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

EID: 84886240621     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.09.047     Document Type: Article

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