Spartina alterniflora invasion increases soil inorganic nitrogen pools through interactions with tidal subsidies in the Yangtze Estuary, China

Oecologia

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 797-807

  Peng, Rong Hao ^a   Fang, Chang Ming ^a   Li, Bo ^a,b   Chen, Jia Kuan ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chongming Island; Ecosystem engineering; Nitrogen cycling; Plant invasion; Spartina alterniflora

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; INVASIVE SPECIES; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; SALTMARSH; SOIL NITROGEN; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

CHINA; CHONGMING ISLAND; SHANGHAI; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 79953875359     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1887-7     Document Type: Article

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