Riparian plant material inputs to the Murray River, Australia: Composition, reactivity, and role of nutrients

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 963-974

  Esslemont, Graeme ^a   Maher, William ^a   Ford, Phillip ^a,b   Lawrence, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC DECAY; ALLOCHTHONOUS CARBON; AQUATIC HERBS; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC SUBSTRATES;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BARK; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLING; CARBON FIXATION; EUCALYPTUS; GRASS; HERB; MACROPHYTE; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN CYCLING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM;

AUSTRALIA; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RIVERS;

ACACIA; CASUARINA; CASUARINA CUNNINGHAMIANA; EUCALYPTUS; POACEAE; SALIX;

EID: 34447339141     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0318     Document Type: Article

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