Biogeochemical contributions of tree islands to Everglades wetland landscape nitrogen cycling during seasonal inundation

Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-89

  Troxler, Tiffany G ^a   Childers, Daniel L ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Ecosystem budget; Gross mineralization; Gross nitrification; Landscape heterogeneity; Nitrogen fixation; Plant uptake

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DENITRIFICATION; HETEROGENEITY; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE WATER; WET SEASON; WETLAND;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949262350     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-009-9302-0     Document Type: Article

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