Decomposition in salt marsh ecosystems: The phases and major factors affecting disappearance of above-ground organic matter
Ivan Valiela,John M. Teal,Sarah D. Allen,Richard Van Etten,Dale D. Goehringer,Suzanne Volkmann +5 more
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Decay of litter of salt marsh grasses occurs in three phases; increases in internal nitrogen content of litter increase loss of weight during the leaching and decomposer phases, while the external supply of nitrogen increases decay rates only during the decomposers phase.About:
This article is published in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.The article was published on 1985-06-28 and is currently open access. It has received 284 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Plant litter & Litter.read more
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A review of coastal palaeoclimate and relative sea-level reconstructions using δ13C and C/N ratios in organic material
TL;DR: A review of the use of carbon isotope ratios (δ13C) and organic carbon to total nitrogen ratios (C/N) to understand changes in palaeocoastal environments and thus position relative to sea-level and/or palaeoriver discharge can be found in this article.
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A review of methodology used to measure leaf litter decomposition in lotic environments: Time to turn over an old leaf?
A. J. Boulton,P. I. Boon +1 more
TL;DR: It is recommended that newly fallen, naturally abscissed leaves, bound in leaf packs and tethered to natural substrata, be used in studies attempting to simulate natural leaf decomposition, and some important decisions that must be made in experimental design and implementation are discussed.
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Early diagenesis of vascular plant tissues: Lignin and cutin decomposition and biogeochemical implications
Stephen Opsahl,Ronald Benner +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a new parameter, Λ 6, was introduced to represent lignin, consisting only of the six syringyl and vanillyl phenols and was found to be much less sensitive to diagenetic variation than the commonly used parameter Λ, which includes the cinnamyl phenol component.
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Bulk organic δ13C and C/N as indicators for sediment sources in the Pearl River delta and estuary, southern China
Fengling Yu,Fengling Yu,Yongqiang Zong,Jeremy M. Lloyd,Guangqing Huang,Melanie J. Leng,Melanie J. Leng,Christopher P. Kendrick,Angela L. Lamb,Wyss W.-S. Yim,Wyss W.-S. Yim +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the applicability of δ 13 C and C/N as indicators for sources of organic matter in deltaic and estuarine sediments.
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TL;DR: In this article, the Straight Line Case is used to fit a straight line by least squares, and the Durbin-Watson Test is used for checking the straight line fit.