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- Title
Microbial growth and nitrogen retention in litter of Phragmites australis compared to Typha angustifolia.
- Authors
FINDLAY, STUART E.G.; DYE, SUSAN; KUEHN, KEVIN A.
- Abstract
Compares microbial growth during decay of standing and fallen litter of cattail and reed. How litter was analyzed for mass loss, nitrogen content, and biomass and production of fungi and bacteria; Differences in litter-associated microbial biomass and production between these two plants; Percentage of microbial production on both litter types by fungi; Results suggesting the ability of reed litter to support decomposer growth is only somewhat lower and nitrogen retention is greater than for one of the plants it replaces; View that these differences are insufficient to argue for aggressive control of reed in tidal wetlands.
- Subjects
PHRAGMITES; TYPHA; NITROGEN in water; NITROGEN; MICROBIAL growth; BIOMASS; FUNGI
- Publication
Wetlands, 2002, Vol 22, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0277-5212
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1672/0277-5212(2002)022[0616:MGANRI]2.0.CO;2