Epiphytic nitrogen fixation associated with standing dead shoots of smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora

Estuaries

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 108-117

  Currin, Carolyn A ^a   Paerl, Hans W ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIPHYTE; NITROGEN FIXATION; SALTMARSH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOOTH CORDGRASS; TRANSPLANTATION EXPERIMENT;

POACEAE; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0031887961     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352550     Document Type: Article

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