Utilization of Spartina- and Phragmites-derived dissolved organic matter by bacteria and ribbed mussels (Geukensia demissa) from Delaware bay salt marshes

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 694-703

  Bushaw Newton, Karen L ^a   Kreeger, Danielle A ^b,c   Doaty, Sarah ^a   Velinsky, David J ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Partnership for the Delaware Estuary   (United States)

^c ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic matter; Geukensia demissa; Phragmites australis; Spartina alterniflora; Trophic linkages

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DOMINANCE; FOOD WEB; GRASS; MINERALIZATION; MOLLUSC; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SALTMARSH; TROPHIC LEVEL; VASCULAR PLANT;

DELAWARE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEUKENSIA DEMISSA; METAZOA; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 48749132796     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-008-9061-8     Document Type: Article

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