Responses of Avicennia germinans (black mangrove) and the soil microbial community to nitrogen addition in a hypersaline wetland

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 926-936

  Whigham, Dennis F ^a   Verhoeven, Jos T A ^b   Samarkin, Vladimir ^a,c   Megonigal, Patrick J ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avicennia germinans; Denitrification; Florida; Mangrove; Microbial community; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DENITRIFICATION; DICOTYLEDON; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IMPOUNDMENT; LAGOON; MANGROVE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOSQUITO; NITRATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; WETLAND;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; INDIAN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVICENNIA; AVICENNIA GERMINANS; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 70350072697     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9184-6     Document Type: Article

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