Identification of important primary producers in a chesapeake bay tidal creek system using stable isotopes of carbon and sulfur

Estuaries

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-85

  Stribling, Judith M ^a   Cornwell, Jeffrey C ^b  

^a SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC MACROPHYTE; C3; C4; PRIMARY CONSUMER; PRIMARY PRODUCER; TIDAL CREEK;

USA, CHESAPEAKE BAY;

POACEAE; SPARTINA;

EID: 0030619423     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352721     Document Type: Article

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