Controls on emergent macrophyte composition, abundance, and productivity in freshwater everglades wetland communities

Wetlands

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 262-275

  Daoust, Robert J ^a,b   Childers, Daniel L ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cladium; Eleocharis; Nitrogen; Nutrient limitation; Phosphorus; Saw grass; Spikerush

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACROPHYTE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; WETLAND;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

ALISMATACEAE; CLADIUM; CLADIUM JAMAICENSE; ELEOCHARIS; HYMENOCALLIS PALMERI; PANICUM HEMITOMON; PELTANDRA VIRGINICA; SAGITTARIA LANCIFOLIA;

EID: 0032880435     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161756     Document Type: Article

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