Hydrologic restoration in a dynamic subtropical mangrove-to-marsh ecotone

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 471-482

  Howard, Rebecca J ^a   Day, Richard H ^a   Krauss, Ken W ^a   From, Andrew S ^a   Allain, Larry ^a   Cormier, Nicole ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

coastal marsh; hydrology; mangrove forest expansion; plant species composition; transition zone

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOTONE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MANGROVE; MARSH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TRANSITION ZONE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84988814942     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12452     Document Type: Article

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