Projecting Changes in Everglades Soil Biogeochemistry for Carbon and Other Key Elements, to Possible 2060 Climate and Hydrologic Scenarios

Environmental Management

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 776-798

  Orem, William ^a   Newman, Susan ^b   Osborne, Todd Z ^c,d   Reddy, K Ramesh ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Biogeochemistry; Climate Change; Everglades; Nutrients; Soil

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; CLIMATE MODELS; LOADING; MERCURY (METAL); NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; SEA LEVEL; SOILS; SULFUR; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CARBON ACCUMULATION; CATASTROPHIC LOSS; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; EVERGLADES; SOIL BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; WATER MANAGEMENT MODEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON; ELEMENT; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL;

CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FORECASTING; HYDROLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ELEMENTS; FLORIDA; FORECASTING; HYDROLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WETLANDS;

EID: 84939991350     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-014-0381-0     Document Type: Article

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