Potential impacts and management implications of climate change on tampa bay estuary critical coastal habitats

Environmental Management

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 401-415

  Sherwood, Edward T ^a   Greening, Holly S ^a  

^a Tampa Bay Estuary Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitats; Sea level rise; Tampa Bay

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER WETLANDS; MANAGEMENT EFFORTS; MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS; MANGROVE HABITATS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SENSITIVE HABITATS; TAMPA BAY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTUARIES; OCEAN HABITATS; SEA LEVEL; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

FRESH WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL WETLAND; COASTAL ZONE; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT CREATION; HABITAT MOSAIC; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT TYPE; PARADIGM SHIFT; REFUGIUM; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAGRASS; SLOPE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBTROPICAL REGION; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESTUARY; HABITAT; SALT MARSH; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; WETLAND;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; TAMPA BAY; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARIES; FLORIDA; WETLANDS;

EID: 84893498479     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0179-5     Document Type: Article

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