The globally important nature of wetland ecosystems has led to their increased protection
and restoration as well as their use in engineered systems. Underpinning the beneficial …

In this chapter, we present an overview of the processing and cycling of the major
biologically relevant elements (C, N, P, S, and Fe) in salt marshes. In keeping with the …

The biogeochemistry of tidal freshwater wetlands is unique in the coastal landscape
because of their position at the limit of tidal influence, where processes are influenced by …

At the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, investigators of ecosystem
science and biogeochemistry gathered in a series of sessions sponsored by the National …

New focused text introduces readers to wetland ecosystems and systems approaches to
studying wetlands With its comprehensive coverage of wetland science, management, and …

Soil microorganisms mediate many processes such as nitrification, denitrification, and
methanogenesis that regulate ecosystem functioning and also feed back to influence …

Wetlands comprise 14% of the land area of Canada. They have considerable impact on
water storage and runoff, water quality, atmospheric exchanges of carbon, and important …

Hydric soils are described in Chapter 2 as soils that form under anaerobic conditions that
develop while the soils are inundated or saturated near their surface. These soils can form …

Focusing on freshwater wetlands with emergent vegetation, this book considers productivity
in relation to communities of animals and plants and their environments, mineral cycling …

Although biogeochemistry is an integrative discipline, terrestrial and aquatic subdisciplines
have developed somewhat independently of each other. Physical and biological differences …