Nutrient limitation of plant growth on the floodplain of the Narran River, Australia: Growth experiments and a pilot soil survey

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 489, Issue , 2002, Pages 277-285

  Ogden, R W ^a,b   Thoms, M C ^a   Levings, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flood frequency; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; River regulation; Semi arid floodplain; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FLOODS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER RESOURCES;

NUTRIENT LIMITATION;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL FERTILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0037499502     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023293925854     Document Type: Article

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