Nitrogen dynamics in seasonally flooded soils in the Amazon floodplain

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 317-330

  Koschorreck, Matthias ^a   Darwich, Assad ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Flood pulse; Floodplain; Microbial ecology; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

AMAZON RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0348228107     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WETL.0000005536.39074.72     Document Type: Article

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