Effects of nitrogen additions on the vertical structure of a constructed cordgrass marsh

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 692-705

  Boyer, Katharyn E ^a,b   Zedler, Joy B ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Canopy; Cordgrass; Endangered; Fertilization; Habitat; Marsh; Nitrogen; R estoration; Spartina; Structure; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITROGEN; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN DIEGO BAY; UNITED STATES;

RALLUS; RALLUS LONGIROSTRIS; RALLUS LONGIROSTRIS LEVIPES; SPARTINA; SPARTINA FOLIOSA;

EID: 0031857039     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0692:EONAOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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