Nitrogen assimilation and short term retention in a nutrient-rich tidal freshwater marsh - A whole ecosystem15N enrichment study

Biogeosciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-26

  Gribsholt, B ^a   Struyf, E ^b   Tramper, A ^a   De Brabandere, L ^c,d   Brion, N ^c   Van Damme, S ^b   Meire, P ^b   Dehairs, F ^c   Middelburg, J J ^a   Boschker, H T S ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MARSH; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE;

INVERTEBRATA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 33846187305     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-4-11-2007     Document Type: Article

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