A Review of Soil Nitrogen Mineralization as Affected by Water and Salt in Coastal Wetlands: Issues and Methods

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1099-1105

  Bai, Junhong ^a   Gao, Haifeng ^a   Xiao, Rong ^a   Wang, Junjing ^a   Huang, Chen ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

15N tracing isotope technique; Microorganism; Salinity; Soil hydrology

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; SALINITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL WATER;

EID: 84867859625     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201200055     Document Type: Review

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