Cascading ecological effects of low-level phosphorus enrichment in the Florida Everglades

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 717-723

  Gaiser, Evelyn E ^a   Trexler, Joel C ^a   Richards, Jennifer H ^a   Childers, Daniel L ^a   Lee, David ^a   Edwards, Adrienne L ^b   Scinto, Leonard J ^a   Jayachandran, Krish ^a   Noe, Gregory B ^c   Jones, Ronald D ^d  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; WETLANDS;

ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PHOSPHORUS ENRICHMENT; PLANT BIOMASS; PRISTINE MARSH;

PHOSPHORUS;

PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; GRASSLAND; MARSH; PERIPHYTON; WETLAND;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 20144379524     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2005.0717     Document Type: Article

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