Changes in soil organic carbon dynamics in an Eastern Chinese coastal wetland following invasion by a C4 plant Spartina alterniflora

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1712-1720

  Zhang, Yaohong ^a   Ding, Weixin ^a   Luo, Jiafa ^b   Donnison, Andrea ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fractionation; Plant invasion; Salt marsh; Soil organic matter; Spartina alterniflora; Stable carbon isotope

Indexed keywords

PLANT INVASION; SALT MARSH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CARBON; WETLANDS;

SOILS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COASTAL WETLAND; MACROAGGREGATE; MICROAGGREGATE; PLANT; SALTMARSH; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CHINA; JIANGSU;

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SUAEDA SALSA;

EID: 77955920853     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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