Influence of flooding and vegetation on carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus dynamics in the pore water of a Spartina alterniflora salt marsh

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 212-221

  Negrin, Vanesa L ^a   Spetter, Carla V ^a,b   Asteasuain, Raúl O ^a   Perillo, Gerardo M E ^a,b   Marcovecchio, Jorge E ^a,c,d  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA NACIONAL   (Argentina)

^d University of the Fraternity of Associations Santo Tomás de Aquino FASTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Flooding; Nutrients; Organic matter; Spartina alterniflora

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; DISSOLVED NUTRIENTS; FLOODING; LOW AREA; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN NUTRIENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTERS; PHOSPHORUS DYNAMICS; PORE WATERS; SALT MARSHES; SEDIMENT PORE WATER; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VEGETATION; WATER; WETLANDS;

NUTRIENTS;

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER;

AMMONIUM; ANGIOSPERM; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED MATTER; FLOODING; NITROGEN CYCLE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; POREWATER; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLOODING; PH; PLANT; POACEAE; SEDIMENT;

CARBON; FLOODS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS; POACEAE; SEAWATER;

ARGENTINA; BAHIA BLANCA ESTUARY; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA];

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 79551665771     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(10)60395-6     Document Type: Article

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