The influence of subsurface hydrology on nutrient supply and smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) production in a developing barrier island marsh

Estuaries

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 767-783

  Osgood, David T ^a   Zieman, Joseph C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEAGRASS MEADOW; WATER FLOW;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0032469134     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1353280     Document Type: Article

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