Reading the signatures of biologic-geomorphic feedbacks in salt-marsh landscapes

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 93, Issue , 2016, Pages 265-275

  D'Alpaos, Andrea ^a   Marani, Marco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomorphodynamics; Salt marshes; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROCESS CONTROL; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS; VEGETATION;

BIOMORPHODYNAMICS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL PATTERNS; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL RISE; SALT MARSHES; TOPOGRAPHIC GRADIENTS; VEGETATION DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION PATCHES;

WETLANDS;

ACCRETION; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MORPHODYNAMICS; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL CYCLE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84949508652     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.09.004     Document Type: Article

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