Nonlinear responses in salt marsh functioning to increased nitrogen addition

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 936-947

  Vivanco, Lucía ^a   Irvine, Irina C ^b   Martiny, Jennifer B H ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpinteria Salt Marsh; Coastal eutrophication; Ecological thresholds; Ecosystem services; Methane flux; Morro Bay Estuary; Pickleweed; Salicornia virginica; Tidal wetlands; Tijuana River Estuary

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COASTAL WETLAND; DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EUTROPHICATION; METHANE; NITROGEN; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT PROPERTY;

CALIFORNIA; MORRO BAY; UNITED STATES;

SALICORNIA; SALICORNIA VIRGINICA;

NITROGEN;

CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ESTUARY; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

CALIFORNIA; ESTUARIES; NITROGEN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANTS; WETLANDS;

EID: 85047699527     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1983.1     Document Type: Article

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