
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hart, DM 
T1  - The Plant Opal Content in the Vegetation and Sediment of a Swamp at Oxford Falls, New South Wales, Australia
JF  - Australian Journal of Botany
JO  - Aust. J. Bot.
Y1  - 1988
VL  - 36
IS  - 2
SP  - 159
EP  - 170
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/BT9880159 
N2  - Opal phytoliths in the leaves of 10 native species growing in and around a swamp were isolated and quantified, and shape and surface detail examined with a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The amount of plant opal in the leaves ranged from 0.10 to 2.45% by dry weight, and phytolith forms most commonly found were spheres, rods and sheets. Phytoliths in the silt size range of the swamp sediment were isolated by a simple fractionation technique. It was found that the forms with a small surface area to volume ratio survived in the sediment. 
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