Tidal marsh plant responses to elevated CO2, nitrogen fertilization, and sea level rise

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1495-1503

  Adam Langley, J ^a   Mozdzer, Thomas J ^b,e   Shepard, Katherine A ^c   Hagerty, Shannon B ^d   Patrick Megonigal, J ^e  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Marsh organ; Mesocosms; Plant productivity; Schoenoplectus americanus; Soil elevation; Spartina patens

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; SEA WATER;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARSH; MESOCOSM; NITROGEN; PLANT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYPERACEAE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POACEAE; RANDOMIZATION; SEASON; SOIL POLLUTANT; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYPERACEAE; MARYLAND; NITROGEN; POACEAE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WETLANDS;

CAREX ADELOSTOMA; SCHOENOPLECTUS AMERICANUS; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 84875757045     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12147     Document Type: Article

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