Sediment burial stimulates the growth and propagule production of Spartina alterniflora Loisel.

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 818-826

  Deng, Zifa ^a,b   An, Shuqing ^a   Zhao, Congjiao ^a   Chen, Lin ^a   Zhou, Changfang ^a   Zhi, Yingbiao ^a   Li, Hongli ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

feedback; growth; invasion; sedimentation; vegetative propagule

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; PERENNIAL PLANT; PROPAGULE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 38749130505     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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