Changes in benthic algal attributes during salt marsh restoration

Wetlands

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 309-323

  Zheng, Lei ^a,c   Stevenson, R Jan ^a   Craft, Christopher ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal attributes; Algal diversity; Biomass; Diatoms; Environmental variation; Nutrients; Restoration; Salt marsh; Succession

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; NUTRIENT; PHYTOBENTHOS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

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

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 25144458386     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2004)024[0309:CIBAAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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