Comparison of belowground biomass in C3- and C 4-dominated mixed communities in a Chesapeake Bay brackish marsh

Plant and Soil

Volumn 280, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 305-322

  Saunders, Colin J ^a,b   Megonigal, J Patrick ^c   Reynolds, James F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brackish marsh; C3; C4; Chesapeake Bay; Rhizome; Root; Stable carbon isotope

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; MARSH; STABLE ISOTOPE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SCHOENOPLECTUS AMERICANUS; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 33644587422     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-005-3275-3     Document Type: Article

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