A new method for evaluating Net Aboveground Primary Production (NAPP) of Scirpus giganteus (Kunth)

Wetlands

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 228-232

  Pratolongo, Paula ^a   Vicari, Ricardo ^a   Kandus, Patricia ^a   Malvárez, Inés ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bulrush; Freshwater marsh; Primary production; Scirpus giganteus; Tagging technique

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; MARSH; METHODOLOGY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

SCIRPUS;

EID: 27844516619     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2005)025[0228:ANMFEN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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