Consequences of short-term C4 plant Spartina alterniflora invasions for soil organic carbon dynamics in a coastal wetland of Eastern China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 50-57

  Yang, Wen ^a   Zhao, Hui ^a   Chen, Xinglong ^a   Yin, Shenglai ^a   Cheng, Xiaoli ^b   An, Shuqing ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon mineralization; Microbial biomass carbon; Plant invasions; Soil labile organic carbon pool fractions; Soil organic carbon; Water soluble organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON MINERALIZATION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON POOLS; PLANT INVASION; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; LAKES; MINERALOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; WETLANDS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; C4 PLANT; COASTAL WETLAND; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LITTER; MINERALIZATION; PERENNIAL PLANT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84886313382     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.09.056     Document Type: Article

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