Effects of rhizome age on the decomposition rate of Phragmites australis rhizomes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 485, Issue , 2002, Pages 205-208

  Asaeda, Takashi ^a   Nam, Le Hung ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age effect; Decomposition; Detritus; Phragmites australis; Rhizome litter

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; PHOSPHORUS;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRAL; RHIZOMES;

SOILS;

AGE; DECOMPOSITION; MARSH; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RHIZOME;

PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 0036823122     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021314203532     Document Type: Article

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