Impact of sampling methods on sulfate reduction rates and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations in vegetated salt marsh sediments

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 371-379

  Gribsholt, Britta ^a,b   Kristensen, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Leakage; Roots; Salt marsh; Spartina; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EXTRACTION METHOD; POREWATER; REDUCTION; SALTMARSH; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT CORE; SULFATE;

SPARTINA ANGLICA;

EID: 0036814369     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020940314010     Document Type: Article

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