Plant community structure in a freshwater tidal wetland

Rhodora

Volumn 107, Issue 932, 2005, Pages 386-407

  Capers, Robert S ^a,b   Les, Donald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Freshwater tidal marsh; New England flora; Nutrients; SAV; Wetland plants

Indexed keywords

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 32644446790     PISSN: 00354902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3119/02-29.1     Document Type: Article

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