Environment-ecosystem dynamic processes of Spartina alterniflora salt-marshes along the eastern China coastlines

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2567-2586

  Gao, Shu ^a   Du, YongFen ^a   Xie, WenJing ^a   Gao, WenHua ^a   Wang, DanDan ^a   Wu, XiaoDong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

east coast of China; ecosystem dynamics; environmental impact; introduction of Spartina alterniflora; regional differences; salt marshes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; DEPOSITION RATES; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OCEAN CURRENTS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SHORE PROTECTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TIDES;

EAST COAST; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; SALT MARSHES; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

WETLANDS;

EID: 84925505882     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: 18691897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-014-4954-9     Document Type: Review

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