Geographically isolated wetlands are important biogeochemical reactors on the landscape

BioScience

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 408-418

  Marton, John M ^a   Creed, Irena F ^b   Lewis, David B ^c   Lane, Charles R ^d   Basu, Nandita B ^e   Cohen, Matthew J ^f   Craft, Christopher B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

adjacency; biogeochemistry; connectivity; geographically isolated wetlands; wetland protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926621735     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biv009     Document Type: Review

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