Nutrient enrichment and precipitation changes do not enhance resiliency of salt marshes to sea level rise in the Northeastern U.S.

Climatic Change

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 501-509

  Watson, E B ^a   Oczkowski, A J ^a   Wigand, C ^a   Hanson, A R ^a   Davey, E W ^a   Crosby, S C ^b   Johnson, R L ^a   Andrews, H M ^c  

^a Atlantic Ecology Division National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHICATION; FLOODS; NUTRIENTS; SEA LEVEL; WETLANDS;

ACCELERATED SEA-LEVEL RISE; MARSH VEGETATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; ORTHOMETRIC HEIGHTS; PEAT FORMATION; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; PRECIPITATION REGIMES; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 84905389241     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1189-x     Document Type: Article

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