Nitrogen cycling and ecosystem exchanges in a Virginia tidal freshwater marsh

Estuaries

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 909-922

  Neubauer, Scott C ^a,b,c   Anderson, Iris C ^a   Neikirk, Betty B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MARSH; NITROGEN CYCLE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

PELTANDRA VIRGINICA; PONTEDERIA CORDATA;

EID: 31144449081     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02696019     Document Type: Article

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