Wetland Accretion Rate Model of Ecosystem Resilience (WARMER) and Its Application to Habitat Sustainability for Endangered Species in the San Francisco Estuary

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 476-492

  Swanson, Kathleen M ^a   Drexler, Judith Z ^a   Schoellhamer, David H ^a   Thorne, Karen M ^a   Casazza, Mike L ^a   Overton, Cory T ^a   Callaway, John C ^b   Takekawa, John Y ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion; Endangered species; Habitat sustainability; Numerical model; Salt marsh; San Francisco Estuary; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RODENT; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897416534     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-013-9694-0     Document Type: Article

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