Nutrient levels modify saltmarsh responses to increased inundation in different soil types

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 104, Issue , 2015, Pages 37-46

  Wong, Joanne X W ^a,b   Van Colen, Carl ^b   Airoldi, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Inundation; Marsh organ; Multiple stressors; Nutrients; Saltmarsh; Spartina maritima

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FLOODS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEA LEVEL; SOILS;

INUNDATION; MARSH ORGAN; MULTIPLE STRESSORS; SALT MARSHES; SPARTINA MARITIMA;

NUTRIENTS;

SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; NITROGEN; SOIL;

GRASS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC MATTER; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOIL TYPE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASS; INUNDATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT RESPONSE; PRODUCTIVITY; SALT MARSH; SEA LEVEL RISE; SPARTINA MARITIMA; VEGETATION; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; POACEAE; SOIL; STANDARDS; WATER FLOW; WETLAND;

SPARTINA MARITIMA;

BIOMASS; NITROGEN; POACEAE; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS; WETLANDS;

EID: 84922754006     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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