Decomposition and nutrient release of Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms. under different trophic conditions in wetlands of eastern Himalayan foothills

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 111-122

  Balasubramanian, D ^a   Arunachalam, K ^a   Das, A K ^b   Arunachalam, A ^a,c  

^a NORTH EASTERN REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Eichhornia crassipes; Litter chemistry; Mineralisation; Water hyacinth; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

DECAY CONSTANTS; DECOMPOSITION RATE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; FLOATING AQUATIC MACROPHYTES; K-VALUES; LITTER CHEMISTRY; MINERALISATION; NUTRIENT LOADING; NUTRIENT RECYCLING; NUTRIENT RELEASE; TEMPLATE MODELS; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; TURNOVER RATE; WATER HYACINTH;

CELLULOSE; DECOMPOSITION; MINERALOGY; NUTRIENTS; POTASSIUM; WATER RECYCLING;

WETLANDS;

AQUATIC PLANT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CELLULOSE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LIGNIN; MACROPHYTE; METAL; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POTASSIUM; TROPHIC CONDITIONS; WETLAND;

ARUNACHAL PRADESH; HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES;

EID: 84860299703     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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