Marsh accretion and sediment accumulation in a managed tidal wetland complex of Delaware Bay

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 92, Issue , 2016, Pages 37-46

  Boyd, Brandon M ^a   Sommerfield, Christopher K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Marsh accretion; Salt marsh; Sediment accumulation; Wetland impoundments; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; MINERALS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RESTORATION; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; TIDE GAGES; WATER QUALITY;

ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS; MARSH ACCRETION; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL RISE; SALT MARSHES; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTY; WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS; WETLAND RESTORATION;

WETLANDS;

ACCRETION; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GEOACCUMULATION; IMPOUNDMENT; INFLOW; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC SOIL; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL PROPERTY; TIDE; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

DELAWARE BAY; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 84962223360     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.03.045     Document Type: Article

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