Decomposition rates and phosphorus concentrations of purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) and cattail (Typha spp.) in fourteen Minnesota wetlands

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 323, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-138

  Emery, Sarah L ^a,b   Perry, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Delta Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

cattail; decomposition; Loosestrife; Lythrum salicaria; phosphorus; wetland

Indexed keywords

LYSIMACHIA; LYTHRACEAE; LYTHRUM SALICARIA; TYPHA; TYPHACEAE;

CATTAIL; DECOMPOSITION; INTRODUCED PLANT; PHOSPHORUS; PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; USA, MINNESOTA;

EID: 0029660238     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00017590     Document Type: Article

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