The effect of increasing salinity and forest mortality on soil nitrogen and phosphorus mineralization in tidal freshwater forested wetlands

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 225-244

  Noe, Gregory B ^a   Krauss, Ken W ^b   Lockaby, B Graeme ^c   Conner, William H ^d   Hupp, Cliff R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mineralization; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Salinification; Sea level rise; Tidal forest; Tidal freshwater wetland

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; EUTROPHICATION; MINERALIZATION; MORTALITY; NITRIFICATION; PHOSPHORUS; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SENESCENCE; SOIL NITROGEN; SWAMP FOREST; TIDAL INLET; WETLAND;

SAVANNAH RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879222970     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-012-9805-1     Document Type: Article

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