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Fungi Associated With Decaying Spartina : Final Report, Frederick Y. Kazamak

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Althfinal report, National Science Foundation grant GA-31899ough marine fungi have been studied since the mid 1800's, there have been relatively few physiological-ecological studies concerning the role of the fungi in the marine environment. Most studies have dealt with lignicolous or sediment-inhabiting fungi (see Johnson and Sparrow, 1961). After the importance of detritus in estuarine energy flow had been established (see Odum and de la Cruz, 1967 for references), there have been a number of papers dealing with the mycoflora of decomposing Spartina (see Gessner and Goos, 1973 a, b) and the mangrove (see Fell and Master, 1973; Newell, 1973). In …