Growth of softstem bulrush (Scirpus validus) in microcosms with different hydrologic regimes and media depths

Wetlands

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-22

  Hunter, Rachael G ^a,b   Combs, Daniel L ^a   George, Dennis B ^a  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulrush; Microcosms; Scirpus validus; Water drawdown; Wetland treatment systems

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; HYDRAULICS; MICROCOSM; PLANT; SUBSTRATE; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA;

LILIOPSIDA; SCHOENOPLECTUS TABERNAEMONTANI; SCIRPUS; SCIRPUS VALIDUS;

EID: 0034009014     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2000)020[0015:GOSBSV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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