Mosses influence phosphorus cycling in rich fens by driving redox conditions in shallow soils

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 253-264

  Crowley, Katherine F ^a   Bedford, Barbara L ^b  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; Nutrient limitation; Oxidation reduction potential; Peatland; Phosphatase activity

Indexed keywords

IRON; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORUS;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BRYOPHYTE; COLONIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEN; FUNGUS; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; ION EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOSS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OXIDATION; OXYGENATION; PEATLAND; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REDOX CONDITIONS; REDOX POTENTIAL; RESIN; SHALLOW SOIL; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WETLAND;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

ANGIOSPERMS; BRYOPHYTA; ECOSYSTEM; IRON; NEW YORK; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ARBUSCULAR; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FUNGI; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 80051664845     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-1970-8     Document Type: Article

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