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Tidal Marshes across a Chesapeake Bay Subestuary Are Not Keeping up with Sea-Level Rise

Sea-level rise is a major factor in wetland loss worldwide, and in much of Chesapeake Bay (USA) the rate of sea-level rise is higher than the current global rate of 3.2 mm yr(-1) due to regional subsidence. Marshes along estuarine salinity gradients differ in vegetation composition, productivity, de...

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Autores principales: Beckett, Leah H., Baldwin, Andrew H., Kearney, Michael S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4965100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27467784
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159753