Elevation-dependent surface elevation gain in a tidal freshwater marsh and implications for marsh persistence

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1065-1080

  Cadol, Daniel ^a,c   Engelhardt, Katharina ^a   Elmore, Andrew ^a   Sanders, Geoffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ELEVATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MARSH; PERSISTENCE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 84900814412     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2014.59.3.1065     Document Type: Article

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