Impact of sedimentation on wetland carbon sequestration in an agricultural watershed

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 804-813

  McCarty, Gregory ^a,b   Pachepsky, Yakov ^a,c   Ritchie, Jerry ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Environmental Microbiology and Food Safety Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENTS; AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; C SEQUESTRATIONS; CARBON SEQUESTRATIONS; COASTAL PLAINS; EQUILIBRIUM VALUES; LANDSCAPE SCALE; MINERAL DEPOSITIONS; MINERAL SOILS; RIPARIAN WETLANDS; SEDIMENT DEPOSITIONS; SOIL PROFILES; SURFACE PROFILES; UPLAND SOILS; WETLAND SOILS;

CATCHMENTS; CESIUM; DEPOSITION; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MINERALS; MINING; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; WETLANDS;

SOILS;

CARBON 14; CESIUM 137; LEAD 210;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CATCHMENT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LANDSCAPE; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

EID: 63449135829     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0012     Document Type: Article

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