Sulfur storage changed by exotic Spartina alterniflora in coastal saltmarshes of China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 536-543

  Zhou, Changfang ^a,b   An, Shuqing ^a   Deng, Zifa ^a   Yin, Daqiang ^a   Zhi, Yingbiao ^a   Sun, Zhiyi ^a   Zhao, Hui ^a   Zhou, Luxian ^a   Fang, Chao ^a   Qian, Chen ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Salt marsh; Spartina alterniflora; Sulfur; Vegetation alteration

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CHINAS; COASTAL LANDS; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERINGS; MUDFLAT; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURE RESERVES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PLANT TISSUES; SALT MARSH; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SUAEDA SALSAS; SULFUR CONCENTRATIONS; SULFUR LEVELS; TOTAL SULFURS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VEGETATION; WATER CONTENT; WETLANDS;

SULFUR;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MONOCOTYLEDON; MUDFLAT; RANGE EXPANSION; SALTMARSH; SULFUR; VEGETATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU; YANCHENG NATURE RESERVE;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SUAEDA SALSA;

EID: 64649089284     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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