Nitrogen cycling processes in oil impacted salt marshes on Chandeleur Islands, July, 2015 through February, 2016

Abstract

Denitrification and nitrogen cycling processes were measured from marsh sediments to determine the impact of oiling on salt marsh ecosystems. Five replicate sediment cores were collected from vegetated marsh and intertidal habitat and incubated for a 24 hour period to examine denitrification and nutrient fluxes using the isotope pairing technique. Data were collected three times in both summer and fall of 2015.

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to investigate the denitrification rates in marsh and subtidal habitats that were previous exposed to moderately oiled sediments.

DOI: doi:10.7266/N7MK69XZ

Suggested Citation

Mortazavi, Behzad. 2017. Nitrogen cycling processes in oil impacted salt marshes on Chandeleur Islands, July, 2015 through February, 2016. Distributed by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC), Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. doi:10.7266/N7MK69XZ

Related Publication Citation

Hinshaw, S. E., Tatariw, C., Flournoy, N., Kleinhuizen, A., Taylor, C., Sobecky, P. A., & Mortazavi, B. (2017). Vegetation Loss Decreases Salt Marsh Denitrification Capacity: Implications for Marsh Erosion. Environmental Science & Technology, 51(15), 8245–8253. doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b00618

Funded by: Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI)

Funding cycle: RFP-IV

Research group: Alabama Center for Ecological Resilience (ACER)