Biogeochemical regime shifts in coastal landscapes: The contrasting effects of saltwater incursion and agricultural pollution on greenhouse gas emissions from a freshwater wetland

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 120, Issue 1-3, 2014, Pages 133-147

  Helton, Ashley M ^a   Bernhardt, Emily S ^b   Fedders, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Methane; Nitrate; Nitrous oxide; Restoration; Seawater intrusion; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904811702     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-014-9986-x     Document Type: Article

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