Biomass and nutrient allocation of sawgrass and cattail along a nutrient gradient in the Florida Everglades

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 245-264

  Miao, S L ^a,b   Sklar, F H ^a  

^a EVERGLADES DIVISION   (United States)

^b SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GRASS; NUTRIENT; WETLAND;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

CLADIUM JAMAICENSE; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS;

EID: 0031544556     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008217426392     Document Type: Article

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