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ArticleScientific reports2016

Responses of soil nitrogen fixation to Spartina alterniflora invasion and nitrogen addition in a Chinese salt marsh.

Jingxin Huang, Xiao Xu, Min Wang, Ming Nie, Shiyun Qiu, Qing Wang, Zhexue Quan, Ming Xiao, Bo Li

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jingxin HuangMinistry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Rd, Shanghai 200438, Peoples R China.
Xiao XuMinistry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Rd, Shanghai 200438, Peoples R China.
Min WangShanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences, 508 Qinzhou Rd, Shanghai 200233, Peoples R China.
Ming NieMinistry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Rd, Shanghai 200438, Peoples R China.
Shiyun QiuMinistry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Rd, Shanghai 200438, Peoples R China.
Qing WangShanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences, 508 Qinzhou Rd, Shanghai 200233, Peoples R China.
Zhexue QuanDepartment of Microbiology and Microbial Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Rd, Shanghai 200438, Peoples R China.
Ming XiaoDepartment of Biology, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Rd, Shanghai 200234, Peoples R China.
Bo LiMinistry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Fudan University, 2005 Songhu Rd, Shanghai 200438, Peoples R China.
Fudan University · CNShanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences · CNShanghai Normal University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is the major natural process of nitrogen (N) input to ecosystems. To understand how plant invasion and N enrichment affect BNF, we compared soil N-fixation rates and N-fixing microbes (NFM) of an invasive Spartina alterniflora community and a native Phragmites australis community in the Yangtze River estuary, with and without N addition. Our results indicated that plant invasion relative to N enrichment had a greater influence on BNF. At each N level, the S. alterniflora community had a higher soil N-fixation rate but a lower diversity of the nifH gene in comparison with the native community. The S. alterniflora community with N addition had the highest soil N-fixation rate and the nifH gene abundance across all treatments. Our results suggest that S. alterniflora invasion can increase soil N fixation in the high N-loading estuarine ecosystem, and thus may further mediate soil N availability.

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Introduced SpeciesNitrogen FixationSoilWetlandsAnalysis of VarianceBiomassChinaCluster AnalysisGenes, BacterialGeographyPhylogenyPoaceaeSodium ChlorideSodium ChlorideSoil

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PMID26869197
PMCPMC4751540
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