Salt marsh die-off and recovery reveal disparity between the recovery of ecosystem structure and service provision

Biological Conservation

Volumn 179, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-5

  Brisson, Caitlin P ^a   Coverdale, Tyler C ^a,b   Bertness, Mark D ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal erosion; Coastal protection; Ecosystem recovery; Ecosystem services; Human impacts; Salt marsh die off; Shore stabilization; Wave attenuation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PROTECTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FLORA; SALTMARSH; SHORELINE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907501251     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.08.013     Document Type: Article

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