“Fertile island” effects of Tamarix chinensis Lour. on soil N and P stoichiometry in the coastal wetland of Laizhou Bay, China

• Published in: Journal of soils and sediments Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 864 - 877
• Main Authors: Rong, Qiangqiang, Liu, Jingtao, Cai, Yanpeng, Lu, Zhaohua, Zhao, Zhenzhen, Yue, Wencong, Xia, Jiangbao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.03.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Ammonium; biogeochemical cycles; canopy; China; Coasts; Earth and Environmental Science; ecosystems; edaphic factors; Environ Risk Assess; Environment; Environmental factors; Environmental impact; Environmental Physics; Humid areas; Islands; nitrates; Nitrogen; nitrogen content; Nutrient cycles; phosphorus; Sec 2 • Global Change; semiarid zones; Soil depth; Soil nutrients; soil sampling; Soil Science & Conservation; Soils; stoichiometry; Subsoils; Sustainable Land Use • Research Article; Tamarix chinensis; Topsoil; Wetlands; China; INW, China, People's Rep, Shandong Prov., Laizhou Bay; China, People's Rep; Soil stoichiometry; Lour; Spatial variation; Wetland; Fertile island

PURPOSE: As a useful comprehensive index for reflecting nutrient cycling in soils, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) stoichiometry is subject to influences of many external environmental and biological factors. Studies on such influences were limited, and the influential mechanism remains unclear. The...