Effects of soil drainage on vertical distribution of subsurface tissues in the salt marsh macrophyte Spartina alterniflora Lois.

Wetlands

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-41

  Padgett, David E ^a   Rogerson, Carl B ^a   Hackney, Courtney T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cordgrass; Salt marsh restoration; Soil drainage; Spartina alterniflora

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; SALT MARSH; SOIL DRAINAGE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0031717136     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161440     Document Type: Article

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