Nitrogen interception and export by experimental salt marsh plots exposed to chronic nutrient addition

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 400, Issue , 2010, Pages 3-17

  Brin, Lindsay D ^a,b   Valiela, Ivan ^b   Goehringer, Dale ^c   Howes, Brian ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Dissolved inorganic nitrogen; Dissolved organic nitrogen; New England; Nitrate; Nitrogen export; Nitrogen uptake; Nutrient addition; Spartina salt marsh

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; EUTROPHICATION; GROWING SEASON; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SALTMARSH;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

SPARTINA;

EID: 77749311339     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08460     Document Type: Article

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