Effects of burn temperature on ash nutrient forms and availability from cattail (Typha domingensis) and sawgrass (Cladium jamaicense) in the Florida everglades

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 451-464

  Qian, Y ^a,c   Miao, S L ^b   Gu, B ^b   Li, Y C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE P; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENTS; FIRE INTENSITIES; FIRE TEMPERATURES; FLORIDA EVERGLADES; IN PLANTS; LABORATORY SIMULATIONS; LOW INTENSITIES; NUTRIENT BALANCES; NUTRIENT COMPOSITIONS; NUTRIENT STATUS; ORGANIC MATTERS; PLANT ASHES; PLANT SPECIES; POST FIRES; PRESCRIBED FIRES; RESIDUAL ASHES; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; TOTAL CARBONS; TOTAL NITROGENS; VEGETATION COMMUNITIES; WATER CONSERVATION AREAS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; INCINERATION; METAL RECOVERY; OCEAN HABITATS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; WATER CONSERVATION;

NUTRIENTS;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; ASH; BIOAVAILABILITY; CLADIUM JAMAICENSE; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIRE; GRASS; GRASSLAND; SOIL FERTILITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS;

BIOMASS; CYPERACEAE; FIRES; FLORIDA; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TYPHACEAE;

CLADIUM JAMAICENSE; TYPHA; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS;

EID: 63449106570     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0126     Document Type: Article

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