A comparison of sediment microbial communities associated with Phragmites australis and Spartina alterniflora in two brackish wetlands of New Jersey

Estuaries

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 465-474

  Ravit, Beth ^a   Ehrenfeld, Joan G ^a   Haggblom, Max M ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HABITAT RESTORATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SALTMARSH;

EAST COAST; HACKENSACK MEADOWLANDS; NEW JERSEY; TUCKERTON; UNITED STATES;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0038383595     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02823723     Document Type: Conference Paper

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