Response of plant productivity to experimental flooding in a stable and a submerging marsh

Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 903-913

  Kirwan, Matthew L ^a   Guntenspergen, Glenn R ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion; Biomass; Mesocosm; Sea level; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOODING; GRASS; GROWTH RESPONSE; MARSH; MESOCOSM; SEA LEVEL; SEDGE; SUBMERGENCE;

SCHOENOPLECTUS AMERICANUS; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 84937977994     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-015-9870-0     Document Type: Article

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