Decomposition dynamics of aquatic macrophytes in the lower Atchafalaya, a large floodplain river

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 418, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 123-136

  Battle, Juliann M ^a,b   Mihuc, Timothy B ^a,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Decay rates; Decomposition; Macroinvertebrates; Microorganisms; River flood plain system

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; DECOMPOSITION; ENERGY; MACROPHYTE; RIVER;

ATCHAFALAYA RIVER BASIN; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

CAENIS; CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; GAMMARUS; HYALLETA AZTECA; HYDRILLA VERTICILLATA; SAGITTARIA PLATYPHYLLA;

EID: 0034650118     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003856103586     Document Type: Article

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