Shoot regrowth and age-specific rhizome storage dynamics of Phragmites australis subjected to summer harvesting

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-111

  Karunaratne, Shiromi ^a   Asaeda, Takashi ^a   Yutani, Kentaro ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomass; Bulk density; Harvesting; Rhizome age; Rhizome storage; Shoot regrowth; Stand morphology; Translocation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

RHIZOMES; SHOOT HARVESTING;

ECOLOGY;

BIOMASS; HARVESTING; PHYTOREMEDIATION; RHIZOME; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHOOT GROWTH; STAND DYNAMICS; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 3242688794     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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