Soil microbial biomass along a hydrologic gradient in a subsiding coastal bottomland forest: Implications for future subsidence and sea-level rise

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 641-645

  Poret Peterson, Amisha T ^a,b   Ji, Baoming ^a   Engelhaupt, Erika ^a   Gulledge, Jay ^a,b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottomland forest; Carbon cycle; Sea level rise; Sharkey clay; Soil microbial biomass; Subsidence; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOISTURE; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBSIDENCE; WETLANDS;

BOTTOMLAND FORESTS; CARBON CYCLE; SEA-LEVEL RISE; SHARKEY CLAY; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE; FOREST; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUBSIDENCE; WETLAND;

BIOMASS; EARTH MOVEMENT; MICROBIOLOGY; WETLANDS;

EID: 33751429640     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.09.016     Document Type: Article

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