Effect of an Alien Species Spartina alterniflora Loisel on Biogeochemical Processes of Intertidal Ecosystem in the Jiangsu Coastal Region, China

Pedosphere

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-85

  ZHOU, Hong Xia ^a,b   LIU, Jin E ^a   ZHOU, Jun ^a   QIN, Pel ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

alien species; biogeochemical processes; intertidal ecosystem; salt marsh; Spartina alterniflora Loisel

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GRASS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MUDFLAT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC CARBON; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER CONTENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 37449030661     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(07)60105-2     Document Type: Article

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