Growth responses of the Everglades wet prairie species Eleocharis cellulosa and Rhynchospora tracyi to water level and phosphate availability

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-54

  Busch, Joachim ^a,d   Mendelssohn, Irving A ^a   Lorenzen, Bent ^b   Brix, Hans ^b   Miao, ShiLi ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eleocharis; Everglades; Growth responses; Phosphate; Rhizotron; Rynchospora; Water level; Wet prairie species

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOMASS; GROWTH RESPONSE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHATE; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; WATER LEVEL; WETLAND;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ELEOCHARIS; ELEOCHARIS CELLULOSA; RHYNCHOSPORA; RHYNCHOSPORA TRACYI;

EID: 0346463149     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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