Dissolved organic matter and nutrient dynamics of a coastal freshwater forested wetland in Winyah Bay, South Carolina

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 112, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 571-587

  Chow, Alex T ^a   Dai, Jianing ^a   Conner, William H ^a   Hitchcock, Daniel R ^a   Wang, Jun Jian ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cypress; Depressional wetland; Dissolved organic carbon; Isolated wetland; Soil pore water

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WETLAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSERVATION PLANNING; DETRITUS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FLOODING; MASS BALANCE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHATE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOOXIDATION; POREWATER; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONALITY; SEDGE; SURFACE WATER; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER TABLE;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WINYAH BAY;

CUPRESSUS; NYSSA; NYSSA AQUATICA; NYSSA BIFLORA; NYSSA SYLVATICA; TAXODIUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 84874709266     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-012-9750-z     Document Type: Article

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