Effects of spartina alterniflora invasion on soil respiration in the Yangtze River Estuary, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Bu, Naishun ^a,b   Qu, Junfeng ^b   Li, Zhaolei ^a   Li, Gang ^b   Zhao, Hua ^b   Zhao, Bin ^a   Li, Bo ^a   Chen, Jiakuan ^a   Fang, Changming ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; SOIL;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON METABOLISM; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ESTUARY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PLANT; PLANT PARAMETERS; SCIRPUS MARIQUETER; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL RESPIRATION; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPECIES INVASION; TIDE; WETLAND; CELL RESPIRATION; CHEMISTRY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; METABOLISM; PH; POACEAE; RIVER; SOIL;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SCIRPUS MARIQUETER; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL RESPIRATION; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTUARIES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POACEAE; RIVERS; SOIL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84925743778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121571     Document Type: Article

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