Tropical storm flooding of a coastal plain landscape

The Coastal Plain region of the southeastern US was hit by 178 hurricanes and tropical storms from 1899 to 1992. Surprisingly, however, water quality, fishes and molluskan communities were scarcely affected by the flooding, which may be due to the area's extensive and intact forested floodplain...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Bioscience 1998-09, Vol.48 (9), p.696-705
Hauptverfasser:	Michener, W.K. (Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, GA.), Blood, E.R, Box, J.B, Couch, C.A, Golladay, S.W, Hippe, D.J, Mitchell, R.J, Palik, B.J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Area Studies Attrition (Research Studies) Biodiversity COASTAL PLAINS Conservation ECOSISTEMA ECOSYSTEME ECOSYSTEMS Environmental aspects ESTADOS DEL SUDESTE (EUA) ETATS DU SUD EST (EU) Flint FLOOD PLAINS Flooding Floodplain ecology Floodplains Floods Land Use LANDSCAPE LLANURA ALUVIAL LLANURA COSTERA Mortality Mussels Natural Disasters PAISAJE PAYSAGE Pine trees PINUS PALUSTRIS PLAINE COTIERE PLAINE D'INONDATION Resource management River basins SOUTH EASTERN STATES (USA) Special Section on Flooding STORMS Streams TEMPETE TORMENTAS Tropical storms Water
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Zusammenfassung:	The Coastal Plain region of the southeastern US was hit by 178 hurricanes and tropical storms from 1899 to 1992. Surprisingly, however, water quality, fishes and molluskan communities were scarcely affected by the flooding, which may be due to the area's extensive and intact forested floodplain.
ISSN:	0006-3568 1525-3244
DOI:	10.2307/1313333