Drivers of decadal-scale change in southern everglades wetland macrophyte communities of the coastal ecotone

Wetlands

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Troxler, Tiffany G ^a   Childers, Daniel L ^b   Madden, Christopher J ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cladium jamaicense; Eleocharis cellulose; Freshwater; Hydroperiod; Salinity; Sawgrass; Spike rush; Water level

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905649214     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-013-0446-5     Document Type: Article

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