Decomposition of saltmeadow cordgrass (Spartina patens) in Louisiana coastal marshes

Estuaries

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 579-588

  Foote, A Lee ^a   Reynolds, Kathleen A ^a  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; SALT MARSH; SALT MARSHES; SALTMARSH; SALTMEADOW CORDGRASS; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT/WATER INTERFACE;

LOUISIANA; USA;

HALOPHILA; POACEAE; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 0030770257     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352616     Document Type: Article

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