The commonly applied field methods giving insight on this point are based on successive harvesting of biomass. These methods, however, lack accuracy and do not yield reliable data over short time intervals. In the present study, the stable carbon isotope 13 C was used as a tracer of carbon flow in Spartina anglica . Although S. anglica is a clonal plant, only a minor part of the excess 13 C incorporated in plant tissues due to the incubation procedure was found outside the incubation plots. Spartina anglica .
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Carbon allocation . Stable carbon isotopes Published in MEPS Vol.