Plant community composition and biomass in Gulf Coast Chenier Plain marshes: Responses to winter burning and structural marsh management

Environmental Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 281-293

  Gabrey, Steven W ^a   Afton, Alan D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burning; Coastal marshes; Gulf Coast Chenier Plain; Louisiana; Marsh process; Plant biomass; Plant community; Productivity; Structural marsh management

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY; WETLANDS;

NUTRIENT CYCLES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MARSH; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRODUCTIVITY; SEASHORE; WINTER;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; MAMMALS; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEXAS;

UNITED STATES;

ANATIDAE;

EID: 0035076285     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002670010149     Document Type: Article

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