A meta-analysis of soil salinization effects on nitrogen pools, cycles and fluxes in coastal ecosystems

Global Change Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 1338-1352

  Zhou, Minghua ^a   Butterbach Bahl, Klaus ^b,c   Vereecken, Harry ^a   Brüggemann, Nicolas ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

costal ecosystem; denitrification; dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA); nitrogen cycle; salinity intrusion; sea level rise; soil salinization

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; DENITRIFICATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; META-ANALYSIS; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; REDUCTION; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINIZATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NITROGEN;

NITROGEN; SOIL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; META ANALYSIS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL; WETLAND;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84989233722     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13430     Document Type: Article

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