Is the invasion of the common reed, Phragmites australis, into tidal marshes of the eastern US an ecological disaster?

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 816-820

  Weis, Judith S ^a   Weis, Peddrick ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Detritus; Habitat; Nekton; Phragmites; Spartina

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; ECOLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ECOLOGICAL DISASTERS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

BENTHOS; DETRITUS; ECOLOGY; ESTUARY; FOOD WEB; HABITAT QUALITY; LARVA; MARSH; NEKTON; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT STEM; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; FUNDULUS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0142124761     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00036-5     Document Type: Article

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