Invasion of Spartina alterniflora enhanced ecosystem carbon and nitrogen stocks in the Yangtze Estuary, China

Ecosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1351-1361

  Liao, Chengzhang ^a   Luo, Yiqi ^a,b   Jiang, Lifen ^a   Zhou, Xuhui ^b   Wu, Xiaowen ^b   Fang, Changming ^a   Chen, Jiakuan ^a   Li, Bo ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem C and N stocks; Leaf area index; Litter decomposition; Net primary production; Photosynthesis; Plant invasion; Spartina alterniflora; The Yangtze Estuary

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DECOMPOSITION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASS; LEAF AREA INDEX; LEAF LITTER; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; WETLAND;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SCIRPUS; SCIRPUS MARIQUETER; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 37749033712     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-007-9103-2     Document Type: Article

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