Twenty-five years of ecosystem development of constructed Spartina alterniflora (Loisel) marshes

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1405-1419

  Craft, Christopher ^a   Reader, Judy ^b   Sacco, John N ^c   Broome, Stephen W ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c NJ Dept of Environmental Protection   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic infauna; Biomass; Community structure; Ecosystem processes; Marshes, reference; Organic matter and nutrients; Salt marsh; Soils; Spartina alterniflora; Trophic composition; Wetland creation and restoration

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; HABITAT RESTORATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0032743031     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[1405:TFYOED]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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