Soil development in a coastal Louisiana wetland during a climate-induced vegetation shift from salt marsh to mangrove

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1273-1283

  Henry, Kelly M ^a,b   Twilley, Robert R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avicennia germinans; black mangrove; carbon; climate change; Mississippi River Delta; nitrogen; organic matter; phosphorus; smooth cordgrass; Spartina alterniflora

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BULK DENSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WETLAND; DELTA; GRASS; MANGROVE; NITROGEN; PEDOGENESIS; PHOSPHORUS; SALTMARSH; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NUTRIENT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; PORT FOURCHON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889673248     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-12-00184.1     Document Type: Article

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