Wetland ecosystem changes after three years of phosphorus addition

Wetlands

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 914-927

  Rejmánková, Eliŝka ^a   MacEk, Petr ^b   Epps, Kimberly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Belize; Cyanobacterial mats; Eleocharis; Eutrophication; Marsh; Nitrogen; Nutrient addition experiment; Typha domingensis

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIUM; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH RATE; MACROPHYTE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS; SALINITY; WETLAND;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA];

CYANOBACTERIA; ELEOCHARIS; TYPHA; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS;

EID: 55949105084     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/07-150.1     Document Type: Article

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