Effects of invasive-plant management on nitrogen-removal services in freshwater tidal marshes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Alldred, Mary ^a,c   Baines, Stephen B ^a   Findlay, Stuart ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INVASIVE PLANT MANAGEMENT; MARSH; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT NUTRIENT; SEDIMENT; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA; VEGETATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; POACEAE; TYPHACEAE; WETLAND;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DENITRIFICATION; FRESH WATER; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; POACEAE; TYPHACEAE; WETLANDS;

EID: 84978998426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149813     Document Type: Article

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