Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
| Biomassa | ||||
| Reference | Species | AG or NPP | BG or BNP | Probable limiting factors |
| Schuler 1987 | S.m. | 0.4 |   | competition by other helophytes |
| Chandler 1969 | S.r. | 15 |   | competition by other helophytes |
| Waits 1967 | S.r. | 19 |   | competition by other helophytes |
| Lieffers and Shay 1982a | S.m. | 27 |   | drought, increased salinity |
| Handoo and Kaul 1982 | S.m. | 71 |   | competition by other helophytes |
| Kaul et al. 1978 | S.m. | 59 | 42 | competition by other helophytes |
| Linthurst and Seneca 1980 | S.r |   |   | drought, increased salinity |
| Smith and Odum 1981 | S.r. |   | 87 | grazing by geese |
| Grillas and Duncan 1986 | S.m. | 89 |   | livestock grazing, excessive water depth |
| Foote et al. 1988 | S.m. | 109 |   | insect herbivory |
| Kikuchi et al. 1989 | S.m | 117 | 54 | mineral-poor substrate |
| Ondok 1971 | S.m. | 137 |   | none indicated |
| Komarkova 1973 | S.m. | 167 |   | high water levels |
| Ondok 1973 | S.m. | 167 |   | none indicated |
| Foote et al. 1988 | S.m. | 202 |   | none indicated |
| Kikuchi et al. 1989 | S.m. | 205 | 43 | none indicated |
| Smith and Odum 1981 | S.r. |   | 220 | none indicated |
| Waits 1967 | S.r. | 270 |   | none indicated |
| Shubert 1982 | S.m | 280 |   | none indicated |
| Podlejski 1982 | S.m. | 291 | 1,320 | cattle grazing |
| Linthurst and Seneca 1980 | S.r. | 292 |   | none indicated |
| Glooschenko 1978 | S.m. | 308 |   | none indicated |
| Komarkova and Marvan 1978 | S.m. | 334 |   | none indicated |
| Dykyjova and Pribil 1975 | S.m. | 378 |   | erosion of bottom substrate |
| Krisch 1985 | S.m. | 380 |   | competition by other helophytes |
| Bernasor and De Datta 1986 | S.m. | 385 |   | competition by rice (Oryza sativa) |
| Krisch 1985 | S.m. | 395 |   | competition by other helophytes |
| Podlejski 1981 | S.m. | 415 | 665 | reduced fertility of bottom substrate |
| Yamanaka 1975 | S.m. | 462 |   | none indicated |
| Ewing 1986 | S.m. | 480 |   | competition by other helophytes |
| Ondok and Dykyjova 1973 | S.m. | 480 |   | none indicated |
| Dykyjova 1986 | S.m. | 544 |   | erosion of bottom substrate |
| Kibby et al. 1980 | S.m. | 550 |   | none indicated |
| Olson 1979 | S.m. | 551 |   | none indicated |
| Mall 1969 | S.r. | 552 |   | competition by other helophytes |
| Lieffers and Shay 1982a | S.m. | 625 |   | none indicated |
| Moody 1978 | S.m. | 627 |   | none indicated |
| Dykyjova 1986 | S.m. | 678 | 373 | none indicated |
| Fiala and Kvet 1971 | S.m. | 680 | 1,107 | none indicated |
| Smith and Kadlec 1985c | S.m. | 722 |   | grazing by waterfowl and muskrats |
| Pearcy et al. 1982 | S.r. | 800 |   | none indicated |
| Kvet 1978 | S.m. | 820 |   | none indicated |
| Smith and Kadlec 1985c | S.m. | 849 |   | none indicated |
| Hall and Yesaki 1988 | S.m. | 862 | 342 | none indicated |
| Dykyjova and Pribil 1975 | S.m. | 866 |   | none indicated |
| Dykyjova et al. 1971 | S.m. | 908 |   | none indicated |
| Krisch 1986 | S.m. | 922 |   | none indicated |
| Lieffers and Shay 1982b | S.m. | 936 | 738 | none indicated |
| Krisch 1985 | S.m. | 958 |   | none indicated |
| Palmisano 1967 | S.r. | 961 |   | none indicated |
| Dykyjova 1986 | S.m. | 998 |   | none indicated |
| Podlejski 1982 | S.m. | 999 | 2,348 | none indicated |
| Karagatzides and Hutchinson 1991 | S.m. | <1,000 | <3,000 | excessive tidal inundation |
| Karagatzides and Hutchinson 1991 | S.m. | >1,000 | >3,000 | none indicated |
| Congdon and McComb 1981 | S.m. | 1,100 | 1,000 | none indicated |
| Podlejski 1981 | S.m. | 1,061 | 2,070 | none indicated |
| Eilers 1975 | S.m. | 1,164 |   | none indicated |
| Kvet and Husak 1978 | S.m. | 1,300 | 2,800 | none indicated |