Plant species traits regulate methane production in freshwater wetland soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 413-420

  Sutton Grier, Ariana E ^a   Megonigal, J Patrick ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic decomposition; Fe(III); Greenhouse gas; Juncus effusus; Maryland; Methane; Microbial respiration; Peltandra virginica; Phragmites australis; Primary production; Root porosity; Typha latifolia; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DECOMPOSITION; FE(III); JUNCUS EFFUSUS; MARYLAND; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; PELTANDRA VIRGINICA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; ROOT POROSITY; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; GAS PLANTS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; IRON OXIDES; LAKES; METHANE; MICROORGANISMS; OXYGEN; POROSITY; PRODUCTIVITY; SOILS; WETLANDS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC PLANT; GRASS; GREENHOUSE GAS; HERB; IRON; LENTIC ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; PHYTOMASS; POROSITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RESPIRATION; SOIL EMISSION; WETLAND;

MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

JUNCUS EFFUSUS; PELTANDRA VIRGINICA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 78650678415     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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