Plant decomposition in wetlands: Effects of hydrologic variation in a re-created everglades

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 562-572

  Serna, Alexandra ^a   Richards, Jennifer H ^a   Scinto, Leonard J ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADIUM JAMAICENSE; DECOMPOSITION RATE; ELEOCHARIS CELLULOSA; HYDROLOGIC VARIATION; LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENTS; LANDSCAPE FEATURE; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; TEMPORAL SEQUENCES;

ECOSYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; RESTORATION; SOILS; STRESS CORROSION CRACKING; WETLANDS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLADIUM JAMAICENSE; DECOMPOSITION; ELEOCHARIS CELLULOSA; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EVERGLADE; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; NYMPHAEA ODORATA; PLANT DECOMPOSITION; PLANT TISSUE; SAMPLING; SOIL PROPERTY; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; WETLAND; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; SOIL;

SOIL;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; SOIL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84874953189     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2012.0201     Document Type: Article

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