The positive and negative effects of exotic Spartina alterniflora in China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 444-452

  Wan, Shuwen ^a   Qin, Pei ^a   Liu, Jine ^a   Zhou, Hongxiang ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Ecological function; Ecological regulation; Exotic species; Spartina alterniflora

Indexed keywords

CHINA; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTION; ECOLOGICAL REGULATION; EXOTIC SPECIES; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COASTAL ZONES; LAND RECLAMATION; LANDFORMS; STORMS; VEGETATION;

ECOLOGY;

AQUACULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; GRASS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MARSH; NICHE; NUTRIENT; RHIZOME; SEED; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ASIA; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA;

HYMENACHNE; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 64649097195     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.05.020     Document Type: Article

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