The importance of hydrology in restoration of bottomland hardwood wetland functions

Wetlands

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 605-615

  Hunter, Rachael G ^a   Faulkner, Stephen P ^a,b   Gibson, Kimberly A ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Gibson Consulting Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Bottomland hardwoods, fluorescein diacetate hydrolysis; Heterotrophic microbial activity; Readily mineralizable carbon; Redox potential; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; FLOODING; HETEROTROPHY; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPERIOD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; REDOX POTENTIAL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATE FOREST; WATER TABLE; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77749243487     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/07-139.1     Document Type: Article

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