The Effect of Nutrient Enrichment of Either the Bank or the Surface Water on Shoreline Vegetation and Decomposition

Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1275-1286

  Sarneel, J M ^a,b   Geurts, J J M ^c   Beltman, B ^a   Lamers, L P M ^c   Nijzink, M M ^a   Soons, M B ^a   Verhoeven, J T A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

colonization; decomposition; eutrophication; mesocosm experiment; nitrogen; phosphorus; succession; wetland

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EUTROPHICATION; FEN; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LITTER; MESOCOSM; PHOSPHORUS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SHOOT; SHORELINE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 78249263233     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-010-9387-5     Document Type: Article

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