Implications of multi-scale sea level and climate variability for coastal resources: A case study for south Florida and Everglades National Park, USA

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 91-100

  Karamperidou, Christina ^a   Engel, Victor ^b,c   Lall, Upmanu ^a   Stabenau, Erik ^b   Smith III, Thomas J ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Everglades/Dry Tortugas Natl Parks   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMO; ENSO; Everglades National Park; Key West; NAO; Sea level fluctuations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893718342     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-013-0408-8     Document Type: Article

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