Prehistoric habitat stability and post-settlement habitat change in a Chesapeake Bay freshwater tidal wetland, USA

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Hilgartner, William B., Brush, Grace S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2006
• Subjects: Paleontology; Earth-Surface Processes; Ecology; Archeology; Global and Planetary Change; Otter Point; Zannichellia palustris
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1191/0959683606hl938rp; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1191/0959683606hl938rp

Analyses of fossil seeds and pollen grains preserved in seven sediment cores and borings were combined with historical land-use records to reconstruct an 1800-yr history of Otter Point Creek (OPC), a freshwater tidal deltaic wetland in the upper Chesapeake Bay. The objectives of the study were to do...