Hurricane-Induced Sedimentation Improves Marsh Resilience and Vegetation Vigor under High Rates of Relative Sea Level Rise

Wetlands

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 795-802

  Baustian, Joseph J ^b   Mendelssohn, Irving A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal marsh; Hurricane sedimentation; Marsh resilience; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

HURRICANE; MARSH; POREWATER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SUBSIDENCE; WEATHERING;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937972954     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-015-0670-2     Document Type: Article

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