A global analysis of the seaward salt marsh extent: The importance of tidal range

Water Resources Research

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 3775-3786

  Balke, Thorsten ^a,b   Stock, Martin ^c   Jensen, Kai ^d   Bouma, Tjeerd J ^e   Kleyer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Administration of the Wadden Sea National Park of Schleswig Holstein   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

GLOSS; macrotidal; mesotidal; pioneer; Salicornia; sea level rise; Spartina; tidal flat; Wadden sea

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; SEA LEVEL; TIDE GAGES; TIDES; VEGETATION;

GLOSS; MACROTIDAL; MESOTIDAL; PIONEER; SALICORNIA; SEA LEVEL RISE; SPARTINA; TIDAL FLAT; WADDEN SEA;

WETLANDS;

SALICORNIA; SPARTINA;

EID: 84971324082     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015WR018318     Document Type: Article

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