Plant nitrogen dynamics in fertilized and natural New England salt marshes: A paired 15N tracer study

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 354, Issue , 2008, Pages 35-46

  Drake, D C ^a,c   Peterson, B J ^a   Deegan, L A ^a   Harris, L A ^a   Miller, E E ^b   Warren, R S ^b  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Marsh ecosystem; Nitrogen cycling; Nitrogen isotopes; Plant ecophysiology; Spartina alterniflora; Spartina patens

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMINANCE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASS; LEAF LITTER; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYSIOLOGY; RESORPTION; SALTMARSH; TRACER;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 40149103118     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07170     Document Type: Article

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