Misting and nitrogen fertilization of shoots of a saltmarsh grass: Effects upon fungal decay of leaf blades

Oecologia

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 495-502

  Newell, Steven Y ^a   Arsuffi, Thomas L ^b   Palm, Laura A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergosterol; Fungal productivity; Fungi; Saltmarsh; Spartina alterniflora

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS; POACEAE;

BACTERIA; DECOMPOSITION; FUNGI; GREEN ALGAE; MICROALGAE; NITROGEN FERTILIZATION; SALTMARSH; SMOOTH CORDGRASS;

EID: 0030301666     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00333726     Document Type: Article

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