Effects of warming and altered precipitation on plant and nutrient dynamics of a New England salt marsh

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1758-1773

  Charles, Heather ^a,b   Dukes, Jeffrey S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b Town of Brookline   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altered precipitation; Climate change; Decomposition; Distichlis spicata; Ecosystem services; Nutrient cycling; Open topped chamber; Salt marsh; Spartina alterniflora; Spartina patens

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OPEN-TOP CHAMBER; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SALTMARSH;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; PLANT; TEMPERATURE; TIME; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIGHT; MASSACHUSETTS; PLANTS; RAIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WETLANDS;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

DISTICHLIS SPICATA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 70349303272     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0172.1     Document Type: Article

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