The relative importance of sulfate availability in the growth of Spartina alterniflora and Spartina cynosuroides

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-143

  Stribling, Judith M ^a  

^a SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marshes; Salinity gradient; Spartina alterniflora; Sulfate; Uptake kinetics

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; ESTUARY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPARTINA CYNOSUROIDES;

EID: 0030976643     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(96)01102-3     Document Type: Article

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