Woody debris decomposition in the Atchafalaya River Basin of Louisiana following Hurricane disturbance

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1264-1274

  Rice, Michael D ^a   Lockaby, B G ^a   Stanturf, J A ^b   Keeland, B D ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAY (ORGANIC); DECOMPOSITION; HURRICANE EFFECTS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATES; WOOD;

NITROGEN RETENTION; WETLANDS; WOODY DEBRIS;

SOILS;

HURRICANE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHATE; WETLANDS; WOODY DEBRIS;

USA, LOUISIANA, ATCHAFALAYA RIVER BASIN;

EID: 0030614274     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1997.03615995006100040037x     Document Type: Article

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