Salt marsh as a coastal filter for the oceans: Changes in function with experimental increases in Nitrogen loading and sea-level rise

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Nelson, Joanna L ^a   Zavaleta, Erika S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOREMEDIATION; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTICHLIS SPICATA; ESTUARY; EUTROPHICATION; FRANKENIA SALINA; GLOBAL CHANGE; HARVEST PERIOD; JAUMEA CARNOSA; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LOADING; PLANT; PLANT TISSUE; SALT MARSH; SARCOCORNIA PACIFICA; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TISSUE LEVEL;

BIOMASS; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; NITROGEN; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; SALT-TOLERANT PLANTS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WETLANDS;

CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 84864664132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038558     Document Type: Article

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