Geratology and decomposition of Spartina versicolor in a brackish Mediterranean marsh

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 320-330

  Menéndez, Margarita ^a   Sanmartí, Neus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ebro Delta, Catalonia, Spain; fungi; meiofauna; microenvironment; nutrients; plant litter

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BRACKISH WATER; DECOMPOSITION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FUNGUS; GRASS; LEAF LITTER; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SALTMARSH;

CATALONIA; EBRO DELTA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

ALGAE; EPIPHYTON; FUNGI; SPARTINA; SPARTINA VERSICOLOR;

EID: 34250772377     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.04.024     Document Type: Article

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