Global change accelerates carbon assimilation by a wetland ecosystem engineer

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Caplan, Joshua S ^a,b   Hager, Rachel N ^a,b,c   Megonigal, J Patrick ^b   Mozdzer, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coastal wetland; elevated CO2; eutrophication; global change; Phragmites australis (common reed); primary productivity; tidal saltmarsh

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; FORESTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA LEVEL; WETLANDS;

COASTAL WETLANDS; COMMON REED; ELEVATED CO2; GLOBAL CHANGE; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SALT MARSHES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; COASTAL WETLAND; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASS; NITROGEN; PHYTOMASS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

NORTH AMERICA;

PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 84949257416     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/11/115006     Document Type: Article

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