Biogeochemistry of nitrogen across the everglades landscape

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 187-216

  Inglett, P W ^a   Rivera Monroy, V H ^b   Wozniak, J R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

15N; denitrification; mineralization; nitrification; nitrogen fixation; wetlands

Indexed keywords

15N; AEROBIC-ANAEROBIC; ANAMMOX; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC N; FLORIDA BAY; GULF OF MEXICO; IN-SITU; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MINERALIZATION; N CYCLING; N MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN CYCLING; PEAT SOILS; PERIPHYTONS; PHOSPHORUS LOADING; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; RESULTING FLUX; SOIL WATER; SOUTH FLORIDA; SYSTEM LEVELS; WATER COLUMNS;

AIR POLLUTION; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DENITRIFICATION; ECOLOGY; METABOLISM; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; MINERALOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXIDATION; PHOSPHORUS; RESTORATION; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; PEAT; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; HABITAT RESTORATION; HYDROLOGY; LANDSCAPE; MANGROVE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PERIPHYTON; PHOSPHORUS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL WATER; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATTENTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BUDGET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGY; LANDSCAPE; MANGROVE; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PERIPHYTON; POLLUTANT; WETLAND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA BAY; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951834130     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2010.530933     Document Type: Article

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