Below- and aboveground biomass of Spartina alterniflora: Response to nutrient addition in a Louisiana salt marsh

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 326-334

  Darby, Faith A ^a   Turner, R Eugene ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belowground production; Eutrophication; Louisiana; Nutrients; P limitation; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUTROPHICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; IRON; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOMASS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; SOIL MICROORGANISM; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 46249118864     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-008-9037-8     Document Type: Article

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