Porewater biogeochemistry and soil metabolism in dwarf red mangrove habitats (Twin Cays, Belize)

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-198

  Lee, Rosalynn Y ^a,b   Porubsky, William P ^a   Feller, Ilka C ^c   McKee, Karen L ^d   Joye, Samantha B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dwarf mangrove; Methanogenesis; Nutrients; Porewater; Redox metabolites; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; INFILTRATION; MANGROVE; METABOLISM; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL MAT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; POREWATER; REDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL WATER; SULFATE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CENTRAL AMERICA; STANN CREEK; TWIN CAYS;

RHIZOPHORA MANGLE;

EID: 42049092158     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-008-9176-9     Document Type: Article

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