Decomposition trends of five plant litter types in mitigated and reference wetlands in West Virginia, USA

Wetlands

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 653-662

  Gingerich, R Tristan ^a   Anderson, James T ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian Mountains; Created wetland; Litter processing; Mid Atlantic; Wetland function

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DECOMPOSITION; GRASS; HOMOGENEITY; LEAF LITTER; ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS; APPALACHIANS; MID-ATLANTIC STATES; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

ALNUS; ALNUS SERRULATA; JUNCUS EFFUSUS; PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; TYPHA; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 80955166010     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-011-0181-8     Document Type: Review

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