Effects of salinity and sulfide on the distribution of Phragmites australis and Spartina alterniflora in a tidal saltmarsh

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 161-169

  Chambers, Randolph M ^a   Mozdzer, Thomas J ^a   Ambrose, Joelle C ^a  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Reed; Restoration; Rhizosphere; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFIDE;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SULFIDE; VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0032213610     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(98)00095-3     Document Type: Article

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