Tidal regime, salinity and salt marsh plant zonation

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 119-130

  Silvestri, Sonia ^a   Defina, Andrea ^a   Marani, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Halophyte; inundation frequency and period; plant spatial distribution; salt marsh morphology; salt marsh subsurface hydrology; salt marsh vegetation

Indexed keywords

HALOPHYTE; MACROPHYTE; MORPHOLOGY; SALTMARSH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIDAL CYCLE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA; VENICE LAGOON; WORLD;

EID: 9944236936     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.08.010     Document Type: Article

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