Responses of bacterial assemblages on standing-decaying blades of smooth cordgrass to additions of water and nitrogen

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-122

  Newell, Steven Y ^a   Palm, Laura A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterioplankton; Decomposition; Epiphytic bacteria; Saltmarsh; Spartina alterniflora

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ASSEMBLAGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; EPIPHYTE; FERTILIZATION; MISTING;

SPARTINA ALTERNIFIORA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0031923365     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.19980830202     Document Type: Review

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