Assessing the effects of short-term Spartina alterniflora invasion on labile and recalcitrant C and N pools by means of soil fractionation and stable C and N isotopes

Geoderma

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 177-184

  Cheng, Xiaoli ^a,b,c   Chen, Jiquan ^a,d   Luo, Yiqi ^a,c   Henderson, Rachel ^d   An, Shuqing ^e   Zhang, Quanfa ^b   Chen, Jiakuan ^a   Li, Bo ^a  

^a Beijing Normal University   (China)

^b Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C3 and C4 plant; Invasion; Soil fractionation; Soil organic matter; Stable C and N isotopes; Yangtze River estuary

Indexed keywords

LABILE CARBON; SALT MARSHES; SCIRPUS; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; YANGTZE RIVER ESTUARY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; FRACTIONATION; GRASS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SALTMARSH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WETLAND;

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

SCIRPUS MARIQUETER; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 45449086651     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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