Wetland Biogeochemical Cycles and their Interactions

The Wetlands Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 266-281

  Verhoeven, Jos T A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical interactions in wetland ecosystems; Biogeochemical interactions in wetland sediments and wetland biota consequences; Carbon nitrogen phosphorus interactions in plant species diversity; Primary productivity and nutrient availability; Tidal wetlands; Water table fluctuations and water chemistry; Wetland biogeochemical cycles and interactions; Wetland interaction carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus cycles; Wetlands and slower organic matter decomposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858682488     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444315813.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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