Primary production and macro-detritus dynamics in a European salt marsh: Carbon and nitrogen budgets

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-42

  Bouchard, Virginie ^a   Lefeuvre, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Coastal marsh; Decomposition; Export; Fluxes; Litter; Marsh level

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER;

DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALTMARSH;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; EUROPE; FOOD CHAIN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SEASHORE;

EID: 0034048299     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(99)00086-8     Document Type: Article

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