The faunal role in the degradation of the common intertidal salt marsh plant Scirpus maritimus

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 579, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 369-378

  Lillebo A I ^a,b   Flindt, M R ^c   Pardal, M A ^b   Cardoso, P G ^b   Ferreira, S M ^b   Marques, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Fauna; Litter; Mineralization; Scirpus maritimus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PLANTS (BOTANY); SALTS;

FAUNA; LITTER; MACROFAUNA; MEIOFAUNA; MINERALIZATION; SCIRPUS MARITIMUS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

AMMONIUM; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMINERALIZATION; HERB; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MEIOFAUNA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTODETRITUS; SALTMARSH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SCHOENOPLECTUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 33846959501     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0535-z     Document Type: Article

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