Linking water use and nutrient accumulation in tree island upland hammock plant communities in the Everglades National Park, USA

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 104, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 133-146

  Wang, Xin ^a   Sternberg, Leonel O ^a   Ross, Michael S ^b   Engel, Victor C ^c  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Everglades National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Everglades tree islands; Hydroperiod; Nutrient harvesting; Phosphorus; Stable isotope; Water limitation

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; DRY SEASON; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPERIOD; MARSH; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHOSPHORUS; PRAIRIE; SELF ORGANIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER USE;

EVERGLADES; EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; SHARK RIVER SLOUGH; UNITED STATES;

CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 79957806427     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9492-8     Document Type: Article

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