Enzyme-based resource allocated decomposition and landscape heterogeneity in the Florida Everglades

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 972-976

  Penton, C Ryan ^a,b   Newman, Susan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EVERGLADES DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); WETLANDS;

LANDSCAPE HETEROGENEITY; SLOUGH TOPOGRAPHY;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; LIGNIN; NITROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; DECOMPOSITION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRASS; HABITAT; HYDROLYSIS; LANDSCAPE; PLANT COMMUNITY; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

ENZYMES; FLORIDA; POACEAE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 43749118004     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0248     Document Type: Article

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