Contrasting nutrient stocks and litter decomposition in stands of native and invasive species in a sub-tropical estuarine marsh

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 909-916

  Tong, Chuan ^a   Zhang, Linhai ^a   Wang, Weiqi ^a   Gauci, Vincent ^b   Marrs, Rob ^c   Liu, Baigui ^a   Jia, Ruixia ^a   Zeng, Congsheng ^a  

^a FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alien invasivespecies; Biomass; Cyperus malaccensis; Native aggressive species; Nutrient dynamics; Phragmites australis; Spartina alterniflora; Tidal submergence

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

AGGRESSION; DECOMPOSITION; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LITTER; NATIVE SPECIES; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHYTOMASS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUBMERGENCE; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON STORAGE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYPERUS MALACCENSIS; ESTUARY; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT NUTRIENT; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL DEPTH; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES INVASION;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; POACEAE; SOIL; WETLANDS;

CHINA; FUJIAN; MINJIANG ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA;

CYPERUS MALACCENSIS; NARDUS; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; POACEAE; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 80053287584     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.05.023     Document Type: Article

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