Effects of Increased Salinity and Inundation on Inorganic Nitrogen Exchange and Phosphorus Sorption by Tidal Freshwater Floodplain Forest Soils, Georgia (USA)

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 508-518

  Jun, Mihee ^a   Altor, Anne E ^b   Craft, Christopher B ^b  

^a Gyeongsangnam do Institute of Health and Environment   (South Korea)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inundation; N exchange; P sorption and precipitation; Saltwater intrusion; Sea level rise; Tidal freshwater floodplain forest

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHICATION; FLOODPLAIN; FOREST SOIL; INORGANIC NITROGEN; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOIL POLLUTION; SORPTION; TIDAL CYCLE; WATER COLUMN;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876827866     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-012-9499-6     Document Type: Article

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