Expansion of Tidal Marsh in Response to Sea-Level Rise: Gulf Coast of Florida, USA

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 145-157

  Raabe, Ellen A ^a   Stumpf, Richard P ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida; Forest retreat; Marine transgression; Migration; Tidal marsh

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84952982253     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-015-9974-y     Document Type: Article

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