Relationship between water regime and hummock-building by Melaleuca ericifolia and Phragmites australis in a brackish wetland

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 182-188

  Wallis, Elizabeth ^a   Raulings, Elisa ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Topographic heterogeneity; Tree island; Water regime; Wetland

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; DECOMPOSITION; GRASS; HETEROGENEITY; LITTER; PERENNIAL PLANT; SUBMERGED VEGETATION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WATER DEPTH;

AUSTRALIA;

MELALEUCA; MELALEUCA ERICIFOLIA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 80052392757     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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