Upslope development of a tidal marsh as a function of upland land use

Global Change Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 755-766

  Anisfeld, Shimon C ^a   Cooper, Katharine R ^a   Kemp, Andrew C ^a,b  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

foraminifera; indicators; Long Island Sound; migration; sea level rise; soil salinity

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; FORAMINIFERA; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARSH; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; UPLAND REGION;

LONG ISLAND SOUND; UNITED STATES;

FORAMINIFERA;

SOIL;

CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARY; SALINITY; SOIL; WETLAND;

ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARIES; SALINITY; SOIL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84979584453     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13398     Document Type: Article

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