Comparison of biomass production and decomposition between Phragmites australis (common reed) and spartina patens (salt hay grass) in brackish tidal marshes of New Jersey, USA

Wetlands

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 179-188

  Windham, L ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon storage; Litter; Macrophyte; Turnover

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON SINK; DECOMPOSITION; LITTER; MACROPHYTE; SALTMARSH; TURNOVER;

HOG ISLAND; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 0034958703     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2001)021[0179:COBPAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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