Short-term nitrogen additions can shift a coastal wetland from a sink to a source of N2O

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 4390-4397

  Moseman Valtierra, Serena ^a   Gonzalez, Rosalinda ^a,b   Kroeger, Kevin D ^a   Tang, Jianwu ^c   Chao, Wei Chun ^c,e,f   Crusius, John ^a   Bratton, John ^a   Green, Adrian ^a   Shelton, James ^c,d,g  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e National Jiayi University   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g Pace Analytical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Global warming potential; Greenhouse gases; Marsh; Methane; Plum Island estuary

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SEAWATER; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BACKGROUND LEVEL; CARBON EQUIVALENT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHRONIC NITROGEN; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; COASTAL MARSH; COASTAL WETLANDS; FRESHWATER WETLANDS; GAS FLUX; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; HIGH RATE; MARSH; NITROGEN ADDITIONS; NITROGEN LOADING; NUTRIENT ADDITION; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PLUM ISLAND ESTUARY; RESPIRATORY RATE; SALT MARSHES; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; FORESTRY; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; METHANE; NITRATES; NUTRIENTS; SEAWATER; WASTEWATER; WETLANDS;

NITROGEN;

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; SODIUM NITRATE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COASTAL WETLAND; COASTAL ZONE; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; EUTROPHICATION; GAS FLOW; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASS; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; SALTMARSH; SEAWATER; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT MARSH; SUMMER;

MASSACHUSETTS; PLUM ISLAND ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

PRUNUS DOMESTICA; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 79959863418     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.05.046     Document Type: Article

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