Influence of plant communities on denitrification in a tidal freshwater marsh of the Potomac River, United States

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 618-626

  Hopfensperger, Kristine N ^a,c   Kaushal, Sujay S ^a   Findlay, Stuart E G ^b   Cornwell, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c Appalachian Lab ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; DENITRIFICATION ENZYME ACTIVITIES; DENITRIFICATION RATES; DRY SOILS; FLUX MEASUREMENTS; FRESHWATER MARSHES; LAND USE CHANGES; MEMBRANE INLET MASS SPECTROMETRIES; N CONTENTS; N REMOVALS; NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS; ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTS; ORGANIC MATTERS; PLANT COMMUNITIES; POTOMAC RIVERS; SEA-LEVEL RISE; SOIL ORGANIC CARBONS; SURFACE ELEVATIONS; TIDAL FRESHWATER WETLANDS;

ACETYLENE; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAND USE; LIGHTING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; SOILS; WETLANDS;

DENITRIFICATION;

ACETYLENE; AMMONIA; FRESH WATER; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; MARSH; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WETLAND;

ALTITUDE; ANGIOSPERMS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RIVERS; SEASONS; SOIL; VIRGINIA; WETLANDS;

EID: 63449099607     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0220     Document Type: Article

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