How hydrology, habitat type, and litter quality affect leaf breakdown in wetlands on the Gulf Coastal Plain of Georgia

Wetlands

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 251-260

  Battle, Juliann M ^a,b   Golladay, Stephen W ^b  

^a STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakdown rates; Decomposition; Depressional wetlands; Floodplain wetlands; Nutrients; Nyssa; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT TYPE; HYDROLOGY;

GULF COASTAL PLAIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

NYSSA; NYSSA AQUATICA; NYSSA BIFLORA; NYSSA SYLVATICA; NYSSACEAE;

EID: 55849152481     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2007)27[251:HHHTAL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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