Water conservation area 1: A case study of hydrology, nutrient, and mineral influences on biogeochemical processes

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 702-722

  Newman, Susan ^a   Hagerthey, Scot E ^a  

^a EVERGLADES DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

A. R. M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge; conductivity; ecosystem restoration; Everglades; peat loss; phosphorus enrichment; water management

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EVERGLADES; PEAT LOSS; PHOSPHORUS ENRICHMENT; WILDLIFE REFUGE;

ANIMALS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; MINERALS; NUTRIENTS; PEAT; PHOSPHORUS; RESTORATION; WATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

SILICATE MINERALS;

CALCIUM; CARBON; DNA; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL; NITROGEN; PEAT; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORUS; RNA; SULFUR; WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBON CYCLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HABITAT TYPE; HYDROLOGY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERAL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDATION; PEATLAND; PHOSPHORUS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL CARBON; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF; WATER DEPTH; WATER MANAGEMENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CARBON CYCLING; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PEATLAND; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WILDLIFE;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951837293     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2010.530910     Document Type: Article

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