The effects of changes in soil moisture on nitrogen cycling in acid wetland types of the New Jersey Pinelands (USA)

• Published in: Soil biology & biochemistry Vol. 41; no. 12; pp. 2394 - 2405
• Main Authors: Yu, Shen, Ehrenfeld, Joan G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2009; Elsevier
• Subjects: acid soils; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; aquifers; Biochemistry and biology; biogeochemical cycles; Biological and medical sciences; botanical composition; Cedar swamp; Chemical, physicochemical, biochemical and biological properties; climatic factors; drainage; forest trees; Forested wetlands; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; groundwater; Histosol; Hydric soils; hydrology; lowland forests; Maple swamp; mineralization; New Jersey; New Jersey Pinelands; nitrate nitrogen; nitrates; Nitrification; nitrogen; Nitrogen mineralization; Physics, chemistry, biochemistry and biology of agricultural and forest soils; Pine swamp; plant communities; seasonal variation; Soil moisture; Soil science; soil structure; soil water content; topography; water holding capacity; water management; Water resources; wetland plants; wetlands; New Jersey; United States; North America; America; ANW, USA, New Jersey; Nitrogen mineralization; Pine swamp; Histosol; Soil moisture; Nitrification; Forested wetlands; New Jersey Pinelands; Cedar swamp; Maple swamp; Hydric soils; Water resources; Forests; Organic soil; Nitrogen cycle; Acids; Soil science; Histosols; Wetland
• ISSN: 0038-0717; 1879-3428
• DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.06.012

Wetlands are subject to changes in soil moisture as a result of both short-term seasonal climate variations and long-term changes in regional water resource management, both of which can modify the dynamics of ground and surface water inputs. In the New Jersey Pinelands, forested wetlands that diffe...