@article {KNZ00410,
	title = {The effect of fire on gas exchange and aboveground production in Spartina pectinata wetlands},
	journal = {Wetlands},
	volume = {13},
	year = {1993},
	pages = {299 -303},
	abstract = {Photosynthetic and growth responses ofSpartina pectinata were compared in annually and biennially burned wetlands in a northeastern Kansas tallgrass prairie. Photosynthetic CO2 uptake was consistently higher inSpartina pectinata in annually burned wetlands, and there was a seasonal difference in maximum photosynthetic rates. Plants in annually burned wetlands reached a maximum photosynthetic rate of 38.2 μmol m-2 s-1 in late spring, while maximum photosynthesis in plants of biennially burned wetlands was 28.6 μmol m-2 s-1 in late summer. Culm density in these wetlands was not affected by fire; however, aboveground biomass production, inflorescence density and plant height at anthesis were significantly greater in annually burned wetlands. These results indicate thatSpartina pectinata may be a fire-dependent species, with post-fire responses similar to the dominant grasses in tallgrass prairie as well as otherSpartina congeners.},
	keywords = {LTER-KNZ, fire, gas exchange, prairie wetlands, production, Spartina pectinata, tallgrass prairie},
	doi = {10.1007/BF03161296},
	author = {Johnson, S.R. and Alan K. Knapp}
}
