Productivity of ephemeral headwater riparian forests impacted by sedimentation in the Southeastern United States Coastal Plain

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 965-979

  Jolley, Rachel L ^a,b   Lockaby, B Graeme ^a   Cavalcanti, Guadalupe G ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mailstop 9514 Bio Sciences   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; NUTRIENTS; PRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

ALLOMETRIC EQUATIONS; DIAMETER-AT-BREAST HEIGHTS; FLOODED CONDITIONS; FOREST PRODUCTIVITY; LITTERFALL PRODUCTION; ROOT-COLLAR DIAMETERS; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SEDIMENTATION RATES;

FORESTRY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST PRODUCTIVITY; LEAF AREA; LITTER FALL; MEASUREMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT STRESS; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SHRUB; STREAM (RIVER); TREE; UNITED STATES;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; PRODUCTIVITY; ROOTING; SEDIMENTATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 66649125315     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0206     Document Type: Article

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