Denitrification hot spots: Dominant role of invasive macrophyte trapa natans in removing nitrogen from a tidal river

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3104-3114

  Tall, Laure ^a   Caraco, Nina ^b   Maranger, Roxane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Ecosystem service; Invasive species; N retention; Nitrogen; Nitrous oxide; River; Trapa natans; Vegetated shallows

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; DENITRIFICATION; DICOTYLEDON; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EUTROPHICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROPHYTE; NITROGEN; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETENTION; RIVER WATER; SEASONALITY; TRANSFORMATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATERSHED;

HUDSON RIVER; UNITED STATES;

TRAPA; TRAPA NATANS; VALLISNERIA AMERICANA;

EID: 84555208196     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0061.1     Document Type: Article

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