Detritus accumulation and decomposition in a coastal lake: Acquatina-southern Italy

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 566-574

  Costantini, M Letizia ^a   Rossi, Loreto ^a   Fazi, Stefano ^b   Rossi, David ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Litterbags; Organic deposition; Phragmites australis; Posidonia oceanica; Sediment trap; Spartina juncea; Transitional waters

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; LAKE;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SPARTINA;

EID: 68149110130     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1004     Document Type: Article

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