Estimation of the primary productivity of Spartina alterniflora using a canopy model

Ecography

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 410-423

  Dai, Ting ^a   Wiegert, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY DYNAMICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SALTMARSH;

USA, GEORGIA;

POACEAE; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0030453634     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1996.tb00252.x     Document Type: Article

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