Amphipod performance responses to decaying leaf litter of Phragmites australis and Typha angustifolia from a Lake Erie coastal marsh

Wetlands

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1079-1088

  Kulesza, Amy E ^a   Holomuzki, Joseph R ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal biomass; Herbicide induced senescence; Hyalella azteca growth and survival; Ice phenology; Leaf toughness; Litterbags; Macrophyte decay

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIPOD; BIOFILM; COASTAL WETLAND; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HERBICIDE; LEAF LITTER; MARSH; MICROCOSM; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PHENOLOGY; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIPODA; FUNGI; GAMMARUS; HYALELLA; HYALELLA AZTECA; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; TYPHA; TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 34248532610     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2006)26[1079:APRTDL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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