Effect of dominant Spartina species on salt marsh detritus production in SW Atlantic estuaries

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 104-110

  Montemayor, Diana I ^a,b   Addino, Mariana ^a,b   Fanjul, Eugenia ^a,b   Escapa, Mauricio ^a,b   Alvarez, M Fernanda ^a,b   Botto, Florencia ^a,b   Iribarne, Oscar O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Detritus production; Plant community; S. alterniflora; S. densiflora; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CELLULOSE; COEXISTENCE; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; DOMINANCE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FIELD METHOD; FOOD WEB; GRASS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LIGNIN; PLANT COMMUNITY; SALTMARSH; SAMPLING;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); BAHIA BLANCA ESTUARY; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA];

SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPARTINA DENSIFLORA;

EID: 80051673612     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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