Using 15N tracers to estimate N2O and N2 emissions from nitrification and denitrification in coastal plain wetlands under contrasting land-uses

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 635-643

  Morse, Jennifer L ^a   Bernhardt, Emily S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Nitrification; Nitrous oxide; Nitrous oxide yield; Restored wetland; Stable isotope tracer

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; COASTAL PLAIN; COMBINED-FLUX; DINITROGEN; FORESTED WETLANDS; FRESHWATER WETLANDS; GASEOUS NITROGEN; MINERAL SOILS; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; RAIN EVENTS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RESTORED WETLANDS; SOIL CORES; SOIL TYPES; STABLE ISOTOPE TRACERS; TRACER EXPERIMENT;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; EXPERIMENTS; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; ISOTOPES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; RAIN; RESTORATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WETLANDS;

DENITRIFICATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AMMONIUM; COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL WETLAND; DENITRIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE CHANGE; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NITROUS OXIDE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870316473     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.07.025     Document Type: Article

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