Seasonal patterns and plant-mediated controls of subsurface wetland biogeochemistry

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3334-3344

  Neubauer, Scott C ^a,b,d   Givler, Kim ^a   Valentine, SarahKeith ^a,c   Megonigal, J Patrick ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WARREN WILSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic metabolism; Iron reduction; Methanogenesis; Patuxent River, Maryland; Sulfate reduction; Tidal brackish marsh; Tidal freshwater marsh

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL WETLAND; METHANOGENESIS; SEASONALITY;

EID: 30644465461     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1951     Document Type: Article

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