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Alternate Title
Primary Productivity of Coastal Marshes in Mississippi
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The annual net primary production of nine types of marsh communities common in Mississippi Gulf Coast estuaries were studied by means of the Harvest Method. Production values ranged from 600 g m-2 yr-1 for a Sagittaria lancifolia marsh to 2330 g m-2 yr-1 for a Phragmites communis marsh. Primary productivity values for the other marsh types are Juncus roemerianus - 1697 g m-2 yr-1, Scirpus robustus - 1056 g m-2 yr-1, Spartina cynosuroides - 2190 g m-2 yr-1, Spartina patens - 1922 g m-2 yr-1, Spartina altemijlora tall form - 1964 g m-2 yr-1, S. alternijlora short form - 1089 g m-2 yr-1, and Distichlis spicata - 1484 g m-2 yr-1. Annual net productivity in Mississippi marshes are generally slightly higher than those reported for the Atlantic marshes.
First Page
351
Last Page
356
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Recommended Citation
De La Cruz, A. A.
1974.
Primary Productivity of Coastal Marshes in Mississippi.
Gulf Research Reports
4
(3):
351-356.
Retrieved from https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol4/iss3/3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18785/grr.0403.03
