Estimating Net Primary Production of Salt Marsh Macrophytes

Principles and Standards for Measuring Primary Production

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Morris, James T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Harvest; Intertidal zone; Stem turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920753827     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195168662.003.0007     Document Type: Chapter

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