Inundation, Vegetation, and Sediment Effects on Litter Decomposition in Pacific Coast Tidal Marshes

Ecosystems

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1296-1310

  Janousek, Christopher N ^a,b   Buffington, Kevin J ^a,b   Guntenspergen, Glenn R ^c   Thorne, Karen M ^b   Dugger, Bruce D ^a   Takekawa, John Y ^b,d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Audubon California   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon cycling; plant composition; sea level rise; sediment temperature; species richness; tidal inundation

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HERB; PLANT COMMUNITY; RHIZOME; ROOT SYSTEM; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WETLAND;

PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

DESCHAMPSIA CESPITOSA; DISTICHLIS SPICATA; POACEAE; SARCOCORNIA PACIFICA;

EID: 85011589278     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-017-0111-6     Document Type: Article

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