A Comparison of the Elemental Composition of Leaf Tissue of Spartina Patens and Spartina Alternifora in Louisiana's Coastal Marshes

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1327-1344

  Tobias, V D ^a   Williamson, M F ^b   Nyman, J A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

management; marsh; restoration; Spartina alterniflora; spartina patens; stoichiometry; stress indicators; tissue testing; wetland

Indexed keywords

SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 84897427522     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904167.2014.881871     Document Type: Article

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