The impact of sea embankment reclamation on soil organic carbon and nitrogen pools in invasive Spartina alterniflora and native Suaeda salsa salt marshes in eastern China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 97, Issue , 2016, Pages 582-592

  Yang, Wen ^a   Li, Ning ^a   Leng, Xin ^a   Qiao, Yajun ^a   Cheng, Xiaoli ^b   An, Shuqing ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Coastal wetlands; Seawall; Soil chemical fractionation; Soil labile and recalcitrant fractions; Soil microbial biomass carbon; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EMBANKMENTS; MOISTURE; NITROGEN; RECLAMATION; RETAINING WALLS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; WETLANDS;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; COASTAL WETLANDS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBON; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBONS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON AND NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC CARBON;

ORGANIC CARBON;

BULK DENSITY; COASTAL WETLAND; EMBANKMENT; FRACTIONATION; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND RECLAMATION; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; ORGANIC CARBON; SALTMARSH; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CHINA;

SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SUAEDA SALSA;

EID: 84992494200     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.10.064     Document Type: Article

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