Processes Contributing to Resilience of Coastal Wetlands to Sea-Level Rise

Ecosystems

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1445-1459

  Stagg, Camille L ^a   Krauss, Ken W ^a   Cahoon, Donald R ^b   Cormier, Nicole ^a   Conner, William H ^c   Swarzenski, Christopher M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accretion; elevation change; oligohaline marsh; resilience; sea level rise; tidal freshwater forested wetlands

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; COASTAL WETLAND; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FORESTED CATCHMENT; MARSH; RHIZOSPHERE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDAL RANGE; VULNERABILITY; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84978128768     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-016-0015-x     Document Type: Article

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