Using environmental variables and soil processes to forecast denitrification potential and nitrous oxide fluxes in coastal plain wetlands across different land uses

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Morse, Jennifer L ^a,b   Ardón, Marcelo ^a,c   Bernhardt, Emily S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL WETLAND; DATA SET; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FORECASTING METHOD; GROWING SEASON; LAND USE CHANGE; NITROUS OXIDE; PH; POREWATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL DRAINAGE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84862272574     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JG001923     Document Type: Article

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