Phragmites australis and silica cycling in tidal wetlands

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 134-140

  Struyf, Eric ^a,c   Van Damme, Stefan ^a   Gribsholt, Britta ^b   Bal, K ^a   Beauchard, O ^a   Middelburg, Jack J ^b   Meire, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biogenic silica dissolution; Phragmites australis; Tidal marsh ecology

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; MARSH; NUTRIENT CYCLING; REEDBED; SATURATION; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SILICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 34250898687     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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