Coastal wetland response to sea-level rise in a fluvial estuarine system

Earth's Future

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 483-497

  Alizad, Karim ^a   Hagen, Scott C ^b   Morris, James T ^c   Medeiros, Stephen C ^d   Bilskie, Matthew V ^a   Weishampel, John F ^e  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d University of Central Florida   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apalachicola; fluvial estuarine system; Hydro MEM; salt marsh; sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COASTAL WETLAND; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; FRESHWATER INPUT; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE LASER RANGING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATERSHED;

APALACHICOLA BAY; APALACHICOLA RIVER; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84997531409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23284277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016EF000385     Document Type: Article

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