Decay of multiple species of seagrass detritus is dominated by species identity, with an important influence of mixing litters

Oikos

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 329-337

  Moore, Tim N ^a   Fairweather, Peter G ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; LITTER; SEAGRASS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 33746363485     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.14576.x     Document Type: Article

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