The Great Sippewissett Salt Marsh Plots—Some History, Highlights, and Contrails from a Long-Term Study

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1099-1120

  Valiela, Ivan ^a  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Experimental manipulation; Nitrogen; Nitrogen loading models; Salt marsh vegetation; Salt marshes; Stable isotopes; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GRASS; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALTMARSH; STABLE ISOTOPE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATERSHED;

GREAT SIPPEWISSETT MARSH; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84931955126     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-015-9976-9     Document Type: Article

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