The effect of multiple stressors on salt marsh end-of-season biomass

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 328-339

  Visser, Jenneke M ^a   Sasser, Charles E ^a   Cade, Brian S ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; REGRESSION; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SURFACE WATER;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 33745893250     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02782001     Document Type: Article

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