Decomposition of litter of three mudflat annual species in a northern prairie marsh during drawdown

Plant Ecology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-148

  Wrubleski, Dale A ^a,d   Murkin, Henry R ^a   Van Der Valk, Arnold G ^b   Davis, Craig B ^c  

^a Institute for Wetland and Waterfowl Research   (Canada)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aster; Atriplex; Chenopodium; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Roots; Shoots

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DRAWDOWN; MARSH; MUDFLAT; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PRAIRIE; RED GOOSEFOOT; SPREADING ORACHE;

CANADA, MANITOBA, DELTA MARSH;

ASTER LAURENTIANUS; ASTERACEAE; ATRIPLEX PATULA; CHENOPODIACEAE; CHENOPODIUM RUBRUM;

EID: 0030618635     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009708113161     Document Type: Article

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