Inundation and precipitation effects on growth and flowering of the high marsh species Juncus gerardii

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 121, Issue , 2015, Pages 52-56

  Watson, E B ^a,b   Wigand, C ^a   Cencer, M ^c   Blount, K ^d  

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

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dieback; Sea level rise; Storms; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; COASTAL WETLAND; FLOODING; FLOWERING; GROWTH RATE; MARSH; MONOCOTYLEDON; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES;

JUNCUS GERARDII;

EID: 84914170567     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2014.10.012     Document Type: Article

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