Geographic variation in nutrient availability, stoichiometry, and metal concentrations of plants and pore-water in ombrotrophic bogs in New England, USA

Wetlands

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 827-840

  Gotelli, Nicholas J ^a   Mouser, Paula J ^b   Hudman, Stephen P ^a,e   Morales, Sergio E ^c   Ross, Donald S ^a   Ellison, Aaron M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Harvard University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Chamaedaphne calyculata; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Potassium; Sarracenia purpurea; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOINDICATOR; CARNIVOROUS PLANT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; HEAVY METAL; LEACHING; MOSS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; POREWATER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SHRUB; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE WATER; URBANIZATION;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA; CHAMAEDAPHNE CALYCULATA; SARRACENIA PURPUREA; SARRACENIACEAE; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 77749252660     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/07-165.1     Document Type: Article

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