Responses of sawgrass and spikerush to variation in hydrologic drivers and salinity in Southern Everglades marshes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 569, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 273-292

  Childers, Daniel L ^a   Iwaniec, David ^a   Rondeau, Damon ^a   Rubio, Gustavo ^a,c   Verdon, Emilie ^a   Madden, Christopher J ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b South Florida Water Management District ^*  (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

ANPP; Everglades; Hydrology; LTER; Restoration; Sawgrass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESTORATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ABOVEGROUND NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION (ANPP); EVERGLADES; LTER; SAWGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

WETLANDS;

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; HYDROLOGY; HYDROPERIOD; MACROPHYTE; MORTALITY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDGE; WATER DEPTH;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CLADIUM JAMAICENSE; ELEOCHARIS;

EID: 33746689688     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0137-9     Document Type: Article

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