Contemporary Deposition and Long-Term Accumulation of Sediment and Nutrients by Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands Impacted by Sea Level Rise

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1006-1019

  Noe, Gregory B ^a   Hupp, Cliff R ^a   Bernhardt, Christopher E ^a   Krauss, Ken W ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Freshwater; Nutrient; Oligohaline; Salinification; Sedimentation; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DEPOSITION; FORESTED CATCHMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GEOACCUMULATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SALINIZATION; SAVANNA; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SHALLOW SOIL;

GEORGIA; SAVANNAH; UNITED STATES; WACCAMAW RIVER;

EID: 84954350222     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-016-0066-4     Document Type: Article

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