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Temporally dependent C, N, and P dynamics associated with the decay of Rhizophora mangle L. leaf litter in oligotrophic mangrove wetlands of the Southern Everglades
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In this paper, the authors performed two litter decomposition experiments using nearly-senesced red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle L.) leaves collected from an Everglades dwarf MANG to understand the short-term and long-term changes in mass, as well as C-, N-, and P-content of decomposing leaf litter.About:
This article is published in Aquatic Botany.The article was published on 2003-03-01. It has received 140 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Plant litter & Rhizophora mangle.read more
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Nutrition of mangroves
TL;DR: Although mangroves have been proposed to protect the marine environment from land-derived nutrient pollution, nutrient enrichment can have negative consequences for mangrove forests and their capacity for retention of nutrients may be limited.
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Wetland plant decomposition under different nutrient conditions: what is more important, litter quality or site quality?
TL;DR: It is hypothesized that in a long run, the increased decomposition will compensate the increase in primary production resulting from increased nutrient loading and there will be no differences in accumulation of organic material between the controls and nutrient enriched plots.
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Quantitative and qualitative aspects of dissolved organic carbon leached from senescent plants in an oligotrophic wetland
TL;DR: In this paper, a series of experiments whereby dissolved organic matter (DOM) was leached from various wetland and estuarine plants, namely sawgrass (Cladium Âjamaicense), spikerush (Eleocharis Âcellulosa), red mangrove (Rhizophora Âmangle), cattail (Typha Âdomingensis), periphyton (dry and wet mat), and a seagrass (turtle grass; Thalassia Âtestudinum).
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Spatial variations of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous and sulfur in the salt marsh sediments of the Yangtze Estuary in China
TL;DR: In this article, surface sediments and three sediment vibrocores were collected from the salt marsh of the Yangtze Estuary in order to examine the C, N, P and S distributions.
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Changes in nutrient content and stable isotope ratios of C and N during decomposition of seagrasses and mangrove leaves along a nutrient availability gradient in Florida Bay, USA
TL;DR: The decomposition of the mangrove Rhizophora mangle and the seagrass Thalassia testudinum was examined using litterbags along a natural gradient in nutrient availability and the dynamics of N and P content during decomposition varied as a function of starting material and burial state.
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Determination of total dissolved phosphorus and particulate phosphorus in natural waters1
TL;DR: In this article, the molybdate method was used for the analysis of total dissolved phosphorus and total particulate phosphorus in natural waters, and the method gave 100% recovery with refractory phosphorus compounds, is usable on undiluted samples with up to 18 µmol of phosphorus per liter (6 µg P per sample).
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Effects of Nutrient Enrichment on Growth and Herbivory of Dwarf Red Mangrove (Rhizophora Mangle)
TL;DR: It is concluded that phosphorus availability is a major factor limiting red mangrove growth at my study site in the interior of Twin Cays and that sclerophylly in oligotrophic ecosystems may be an adaptive mechanism related to nutrient conservation, and that it is associated with redMangrove survival in phosphorus-deficient soil rather than an adaptation to herbivory.
Effects of nutrient enrichment on growth and herbivory of dwarf red mangrove
TL;DR: In this article, a factorial-designed experiment was conducted to determine responses by red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) and its primary consumers to nutrient enrichment, and to determine if nutrient limitation is responsible for the dwarf plant form of red mangle, and evaluate four competing hypotheses for the relation of nutrient status and invertebrate herbivory.
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Dynamic properties of forest ecosystems
TL;DR: In this paper, Reichle et al. analyzed the productivity and biomass relations of forest ecosystems in the International Woodlands Program (IPP) and found that the biomass allocation in forest ecosystems is correlated with the productivity of the forests.
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Litter production and turnover in basin mangrove forests in southwest florida
TL;DR: A comparison of litter dynamics and nitrogen recycling among riverine, fringe, and basin mangroves suggests that the relative influence of export and decomposition on litter dynamics depends on the magnitude of tidal inundation.