Nitrogen uptake by the shoots of smooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 433, Issue , 2011, Pages 43-52

  Mozdzer, T J ^a,c   Kirwan, M ^a,b   McGlathery, K J ^a   Zieman, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; DON; Foliar uptake; Glycine; Nitrate; Stem uptake

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AMMONIA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; FLOODING; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; REACTION KINETICS; SALTMARSH; SHOOT;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 79960474662     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09117     Document Type: Article

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