Effects of short-term invasion of Spartina alterniflora and the subsequent restoration of native mangroves on the soil organic carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus stock

Chemosphere

Volumn 184, Issue , 2017, Pages 774-783

  Feng, Jianxiang ^a,b   Zhou, Jian ^a   Wang, Liming ^a   Cui, Xiaowei ^a   Ning, Cunxin ^c   Wu, Hao ^d   Zhu, Xiaoshan ^a   Lin, Guanghui ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Shenzhen Entry exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon density; Kandelia obovata; Soil organic carbon; Soil TN and TP; Spartina alterniflora; Stable carbon isotope

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RESTORATION; SOILS;

CARBON DENSITY; KANDELIA OBOVATA; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES;

ORGANIC CARBON;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARBON; SOIL;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANGROVE; MUDFLAT; NATIVE SPECIES; PHOSPHORUS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; CARBON STORAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ESTUARY; EXOTIC SPECIES; GRASS; HABITAT; MANGROVE; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPECIES INVASION; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE SOIL; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POACEAE; SOIL; WETLAND;

CHINA; FUJIAN; ZHANGJIANG ESTUARY;

KANDELIA OBOVATA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

CARBON; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; ESTUARIES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POACEAE; SOIL; WETLANDS;

EID: 85020888207     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.06.060     Document Type: Article

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