Holocene dynamics of the Florida Everglades with respect to climate, dustfall, and tropical storms

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 43, 2013, Pages 17211-17216

  Glaser, Paul H ^a   Hansen, Barbara C S ^a   Donovan, Joe J ^b   Givnish, Thomas J ^c   Stricker, Craig A ^d   Volin, John C ^e  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocene climate change; Long distance transport; P limitation; Ridge slough tree island patterning; Sahara dust

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT CLIMATE; DUST; GULF OF MEXICO; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGY; MINERALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WETLAND;

HOLOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE; LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT; P-LIMITATION; RIDGE-SLOUGH-TREE ISLAND PATTERNING; SAHARA DUST;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYCLONIC STORMS; DUST; ECOSYSTEM; FLORIDA; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WETLANDS;

EID: 84886435028     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1222239110     Document Type: Article

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