Effect of managed waterlogging to control Spartina alterniflora on macrobenthic communities

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2639-2645

  Wang, Rui Zhao ^a   Zhang, Li Quan ^a,b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Chongming Dongtan; Macrobenthos; Managed waterlogging; Spartina alterniflora

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FIELD SURVEY; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROBENTHOS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURE RESERVE; RECOVERY PLAN; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; WATERLOGGING;

ASIA; CHINA; CHONGMING DONGTAN NATURE RESERVE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANGHAI;

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 67649540860     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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