Assessment of carbon allocation and biomass production in a natural stand of the salt marsh plant Spartina anglica using 13C

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 130, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 169-178

  Hemminga, M A ^a   Huiskes, A H L ^a   Steegstra, M ^a   Van Soelen, J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon allocation; Production; Salt marshes; Spartina anglica; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

SPARTINA ANGLICA;

BIOMASS; CARBON ALLOCATION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON-13; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SALT MARSHES; SALTMARSH;

NETHERLANDS; NETHERLANDS, (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 0029668958     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps130169     Document Type: Article

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