Comparison of litter decomposition in a natural versus coal-slurry pond reclaimed as a wetland

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 439-446

  Taylor, J ^a   Middleton, B A ^b  

^a Everglades National Park   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal mining; Coal slurry ponds reclaimed as wetlands; Decomposition; Functional assessment; Organic matter; Phragmites australis; Typha latifolia; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

COAL; DECOMPOSITION; PH EFFECTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); WETLANDS;

DECOMPOSITION RATES; FLOODPLAIN WETLANDS; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

COAL SLURRIES;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; LITTER; POND; RECLAIMED LAND; SLURRY; WETLAND;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CYPERUS; CYPERUS ERYTHRORHIZOS; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 4644305726     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.625     Document Type: Article

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