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In salt marshes vascular plants constitute the most important source of available organic matter. In Tagus estuary salt marshes 50% of the root biomass becomes detritus (Caçador et al., unpublished data). Vascular plant-derived detritus have been considered the major source material from which carbon and energy flow (Odum and de la Cruz, 1967; Moran et al., 1989).
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Costa, A.L., Caçador, I. (2003). Chemical composition variation during root decomposition in Tagus estuary salt marshes. In: Lieth, H., Mochtchenko, M. (eds) Cash Crop Halophytes: Recent Studies. Tasks for Vegetation Science, vol 38. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0211-9_10
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