Breakdown and nutrient dynamics of submerged phragmites shoots in the littoral zone of a temperate hardwater lake

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-20

  Gessner, Mark O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lake littoral zone; Litter decomposition; Macrophyte; Nitrogen dynamics; Phosphorus dynamics Phragmites

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

DECOMPOSITION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; LAKE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT LEAF;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 0033991550     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(99)00022-4     Document Type: Article

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