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Primary Productivity Of Coastal Marshes In Mississippi, Armando A. De La Cruz
Primary Productivity Of Coastal Marshes In Mississippi, Armando A. De La Cruz
Gulf and Caribbean Research
The annual net primary production of nine types of marsh communities common in MisÂsissippi 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 …