Aboveground and belowground productivity of Spartina alterniflora (smooth cordgrass) in natural and created Louisiana salt marshes

Estuaries

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 252-265

  Edwards, Keith R ^a,b   Mills, Kaili P ^a  

^a MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; MARSH; PRODUCTIVITY; SALTMARSH;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

HYMENACHNE; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 20344365335     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02732859     Document Type: Article

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