Primary Production in a Louisiana Golf Coast Spartina Alterniflora Marsh
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- 1 August 1976
- Vol. 57 (5) , 1052-1059
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1941070
Abstract
Live and dead aboveground biomass of Spartina alterniflora Loisel in a Louisiana salt marsh was determined monthly over an annual cycle. Litterbags were used to determine loss rates of particulate vegetation from the marsh surface. Net aboveground primary production estimates ranged from 750 to 2,600 g m(—2) yr(—1), depending on how data were handled. Analysis of these results suggested that true net production was probably much closer to the highest estimate, than to the lowest.Keywords
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