Organic carbon isotope systematics of coastal marshes

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 681-687

  Middelburg, J J ^a   Nieuwenhuize, J ^a   Lubberts, R K ^b   Van De Plassche, O ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Carbon; Isotope ratios; Marsh plants; Marshes; Organic matter; Salt marshes; Sedimentation rates

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION RATE; COASTAL MARSH; ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARSH SEDIMENT; MASS BALANCE; ORGANIC CARBON;

MASSACHUSETTS; NETHERLANDS; USA;

POACEAE; SPARTINA;

EID: 0031279772     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1997.0247     Document Type: Article

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