Carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus mineralization in northern wetlands

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1545-1561

  Bridgham, Scott D ^a   Updegraff, Karen ^b   Pastor, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal; Carbon; Methane; Mineralization; Nitrification; Nitrogen; Ombrotrophic mine rotrophic gradient; Peatlands; Phosphorus; Redox status; Soil quality; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CARBON; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL; WETLAND;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031874669     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1545:CNAPMI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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