Productivity-decomposition dynamics of typha orientalis at kaitoke swamp, great barrier Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Botany

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 779-789

  Pegman, Andrew P McK ^a   Ogden, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Annual production; Biomass components; Decomposition; Entrainment process; Great Barrier Island; Growth cycle; Peat accumulation; Typha orientalis

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DECOMPOSITION; GROWTH; PEATLAND;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; GREAT BARRIER ISLAND; KAITOKE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; TYPHA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 30844435936     PISSN: 0028825X     EISSN: 11758643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2005.9512990     Document Type: Article

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