Impacts of Saltwater Incursion on Plant Communities, Anaerobic Microbial Metabolism, and Resulting Relationships in a Restored Freshwater Wetland

Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 792-807

  Hopfensperger, Kristine N ^a   Burgin, Amy J ^b   Schoepfer, Valerie A ^b   Helton, Ashley M ^c,d  

^a NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

ecosystem processes; freshwater marsh; iron reduction; methanogenesis; microbial processes; porewater chemistry; sulfur reduction

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLOODING; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH FORM; IRON; MARSH; METABOLISM; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POREWATER; REDUCTION; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; SULFATE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WETLAND;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CAREX; JUNCUS; POACEAE;

EID: 84904262397     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-014-9760-x     Document Type: Article

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