Above- and Belowground Biomass Allocation in Four Dominant Salt Marsh Species of the Eastern United States

Wetlands

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-30

  Tripathee, R ^a   Schafer K V R ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Rhizome diameter; Root diameter; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922079505     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-014-0589-z     Document Type: Article

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