Accelerated microbial organic matter mineralization following salt-water intrusion into tidal freshwater marsh soils

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 135-151

  Weston, Nathaniel B ^a   Vile, Melanie A ^a   Neubauer, Scott C ^b   Velinsky, David J ^c  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Carbon dioxide; Delaware River; Methane; Methanogenesis; Organic matter mineralization; Sulfate reduction; Tidal freshwater marshes

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MARSH; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC MATTER; SALINITY; SALT WATER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE; TIDAL CYCLE;

DELAWARE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650311037     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9427-4     Document Type: Article

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