Elevated CO2 promotes long-term nitrogen accumulation only in combination with nitrogen addition

Global Change Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 391-403

  Pastore, Melissa A ^a   Megonigal, J Patrick ^b   Langley, J Adam ^a,b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brackish marsh; CO2 enrichment; Denitrification; Isotopic biogeochemistry; Nitrogen pollution; Nitrogen retention and loss

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; MARSH; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; SOIL;

ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; MARYLAND; METABOLISM; NITROGEN CYCLE; PLANT; SOIL; TSUNAMI; WETLAND;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; MARYLAND; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANTS; SOIL; TIDAL WAVES; WETLANDS;

EID: 84954400375     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13112     Document Type: Article

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