Rhizosphere iron (III) deposition and reduction in a Juncus effusus L.-dominated wetland

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1861-1870

  Weiss, Johanna V ^a,b   Emerson, David ^c   Megonigal, J Patrick ^d  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REACTION KINETICS; SOILS; TISSUE; WETLANDS;

HEAT-SEALED MEMBRANES; IRON (III) PLAQUE; RHIZOSPHERE IRON (III); ROOT PLAQUES;

IRON;

IRON; REDUCTION; RHIZOSPHERE; WETLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); JUNCUS EFFUSUS;

EID: 27644565244     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2005.0002     Document Type: Article

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