Biogeochemistry Everglades

Gilmour CC, Riedel GS, Ederington MC, Bell JT, Benoit JM, Gill GA, and Stordal MC. 1998. Methyhnercury concentrations and production rates across a trophic gradient in the northern Everglades, Biogeochemistry 40 327-345. 

Krabbenhoft DP, Hurley JP, Olson ML, Cleckner LB. 1998b. Diel variability of mercury phase and species distributions in the Florida Everglades. Biogeochemistry 40 311-325. 

Cleckner LB, Garrison PG, Hmley JP, Olson ML, Krabbenhofl DP. 1998. Trophic transfer of methyl mercury in the northern Florida Everglades. Biogeochemistry 40 347-361. 

Overall, based on your understanding of the Everglades biogeochemistry, is the Everglades a carbon sink or source ... 

DeBusk, W. F. and K. R. Reddy. 2005. Litter decomposition and nutrient dynamics in a phosphorus enriched Everglades marsh. Biogeochemistry 75 217-240. 

Inglett, P. W, K. R. Reddy, and P. V. McCormick. 2004. Periphyton tissue chemistry and nitrogenase activity in a nutrient impacted Everglades ecosystem. Biogeochemistry 67 213-233. 

Miao, S. L. and W. DeBusk. 1999. Effects of phosphorus enrichment on structure and function of sawgrass and cattail communities in the Everglades. In K. R. Reddy, G. A. O Connor, and C. L. Schelske (eds.) Phosphorus Biogeochemistry in Subtropical Ecosystems. CRC Press, Boca Raton, EL. pp. 275-299. 

L. J. Scinto, J. C. Trexler, and R. D. Jones. 2001. Short-term changes in phosphorus storage in an oli-gotrophic Everglades wetland ecosystem receiving experimental nutrient enrichment. Biogeochemistry 59 239-267. 

Qualls, R.G. and Richardson, C.J. (2003). Factors controlling concentration, export and decomposition of dissolved organic nutrients in the Everglades, Florida. Biogeochemistry, 62,197-229. 

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