Labile and Recalcitrant Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Pools in Tidal Salt Marshes of the Eastern Chinese Coast as Affected by Short-Term C4 Plant Spartina alterniflora Invasion

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 872-880

  Yang, Wen ^a,b   An, Shu Qing ^a,b   Zhao, Hui ^a,b   Fang, Shubo ^a,c   Xia, Lu ^a,b   Xiao, Yan ^d   Qiao, Yajun ^a,b   Cheng, Xiaoli ^e  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Changshu   (China)

^c SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Ecosystems; Isotopes; Smooth cordgrass; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; C4 PLANT; CARBON CYCLE; NITROGEN CYCLE; SALTMARSH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

CHINA;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SUAEDA SALSA;

EID: 84931569775     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201300846     Document Type: Article

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