Vegetation and soil response to hydrology in a re-created Everglades

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 757, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 167-183

  Serna, Alexandra ^a   Richards, Jennifer H ^a   Troxler, Tiffany G ^a   Scinto, Leonard J ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Everglades; Flow regime; Hydrology; Marsh vegetation; Standing stocks; Tissue nutrient concentration; Wetland soils

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEPOSITION; FLOW PATTERN; FLOW REGULATION; HYDROLOGY; MARSH; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL DYNAMICS; TOLERANCE; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER DEPTH; WETLAND;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CLADIUM JAMAICENSE; ELEOCHARIS CELLULOSA; NYMPHAEA ODORATA;

EID: 85027935604     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-015-2249-6     Document Type: Article

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