Macrophytic primary production and nutrient concentrations in a deltaic floodplain marsh of the Lower Paraná River

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 330, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-66

  Villar, Carlos A ^a   De Cabo, Laura ^b   Bonetto, Carlos A ^c  

^a Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cyperus giganteus; Deltaic floodplain; Nutrients; Paran River; Production; Scirpus californicus

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; MACROPHYTE; MARSH; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ARGENTINA, PARANA RIVER;

CYPERACEAE; CYPERUS GIGANTEUS; SCIRPUS CALIFORNICUS;

EID: 0029660695     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00020824     Document Type: Article

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