Effects of Salinity and Inundation on Microbial Community Structure and Function in a Mangrove Peat Soil

Wetlands

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 361-371

  Chambers, Lisa G ^a   Guevara, Rafael ^b   Boyer, Joseph N ^c   Troxler, Tiffany G ^d   Davis, Stephen E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BioCollections Worldwide Inc   (United States)

^c PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Everglades Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal wetland; Mangrove; Peat; Salinity; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; MANGROVE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PEAT SOIL; PROKARYOTE; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84957632475     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-016-0745-8     Document Type: Article

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