Effects of flooding regime upon the decomposition of Eichhornia azurea (Sw.) Kunth measured on a tropical flow-regulated floodplain (Paraná River, Brazil)

River Research and Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 791-801

  Padial, André Andrian ^a   Thomaz, Sidinei Magela ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Flood phase; Flooding lagoon; Macrophytes; Nitrogen; Nutrient cycling; Phosphorus; Upper Paran River

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; MACROPHYTE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; WATER LEVEL;

PARANA RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA AZUREA;

EID: 33748653660     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.936     Document Type: Article

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