Primary productivity in 20-year old created wetlands in southwestern Virginia

Wetlands

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 200-210

  Atkinson, Robert B ^a,d   Perry, James E ^b   Noe, Gregory B ^c   Daniels, W Lee ^a   Cairns Jr , John ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional performance; Nutrient limitation; Peak standing crop; Tissue nutrient content

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; AQUATIC PLANT; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COAL MINING; DECOMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GRASS; HERB; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYTOMASS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

APPALACHIANS; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

SCIRPUS CYPERINUS; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 77956488216     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-010-0033-y     Document Type: Article

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