Biogeochemical effects of simulated sea level rise on carbon loss in an Everglades mangrove peat soil

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 726, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 195-211

  Chambers, Lisa G ^a   Davis, Stephen E ^b   Troxler, Tiffany ^c   Boyer, Joseph N ^d   Downey Wall, Alan ^e   Scinto, Leonard J ^c  

^a Saint Louis University School of Science and Engineering   (United States)

^b Everglades Foundation   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

Everglades; Greenhouse gas production; Mangrove; Saltwater intrusion; Sea level rise; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROBIOLOGY; MANGROVE; METHANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PEAT SOIL; POREWATER; SALINE INTRUSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA BAY; UNITED STATES;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84893690860     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-013-1764-6     Document Type: Article

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