Below-ground biomass in healthy and impaired salt marshes

Ecological Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-35

  Turner, R Eugene ^a   Swenson, Erick M ^a   Milan, Charles S ^a   Lee, James M ^a   Oswald, Thomas A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion; Below ground; Restoration; Salt marsh; Stress

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ACCRETION; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642282917     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1703.2003.00610.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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