Annual net primary production of macrophytes in the eastern Amazon floodplain

Wetlands

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 747-758

  Silva, Thiago S F ^a   Costa, Maycira P F ^a   Melack, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dynamics herbaceous aquatic vegetation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; CARBON FLUX; FLOODPLAIN; GRASS; MACROPHYTE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHYTOMASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AMAZONIA;

ECHINOCHLOA; ECHINOCHLOA POLYSTACHYA; HYMENACHNE AMPLEXICAULIS; ORYZA PERENNIS; PASPALUM; PASPALUM FASCICULATUM; PASPALUM FLUITANS;

EID: 74149090944     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/08-107.1     Document Type: Article

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