Temporal changes and spatial variation of soil oxygen consumption, nitrification and denitrification rates in a tidal salt marsh of the Lagoon of Venice, Italy

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 861-871

  Eriksson, P G ^a   Svensson, J M ^b   Carrer, G M ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Halimione; Isotope technique; Juncus; Limonium; Macrophyte; Nitrogen; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; DENITRIFICATION; MACROPHYTE; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SALTMARSH; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA; VENICE LAGOON;

HALIMIONE; HALIMIONE PORTULACOIDES; JUNCUS; JUNCUS MARITIMUS; LIMONIUM; LIMONIUM SEROTINUM;

EID: 0346783289     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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