Phragmites australis (Common Reed) invasion in the Rhode River subestuary of the Chesapeake Bay: Disentangling the effects of foliar nutrients, genetic diversity, patch size, and seed viability

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 118-126

  Kettenring, Karin M ^a,b   McCormick, Melissa K ^a   Baron, Heather M ^a,c   Whigham, Dennis F ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Foliar nutrients; Genetic diversity; Invasive species; Microsatellite markers; Seed viability

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PATCH SIZE; REEDBED; SEED; WATERSHED;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; MARYLAND; RHODE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 75849157182     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9241-1     Document Type: Article

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