Litter Decomposition in Created and Adjacent Forested Wetlands of the Coastal Plain of Virginia

Litter decomposition is a poorly understood function of constructed and natural forested wetlands. This study compared rates of litter mass loss, changes in litter morphology, and associated macroinvertebrate populations in constructed and natural non-tidal wetlands. Two sets of wetlands (construct...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schmidt, John Michael
Other Authors: Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43580
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07082002-115920/