Multiple levels of nitrogen applied to an oligohaline marsh identify a plant community response sequence to eutrophication

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 417, Issue , 2010, Pages 73-82

  Graham, Sean A ^a   Mendelssohn, Irving A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Louisiana; Marsh; Nitrogen limitation; Nutrient enrichment; Nutrient resorption; Primary production; Relative dominance

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; EUTROPHICATION; MARSH; MONOCOTYLEDON; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RESORPTION; SENESCENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

ALISMATACEAE; SAGITTARIA LANCIFOLIA;

EID: 78149435873     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08808     Document Type: Article

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