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8221785 
Journal Article 
DISTRIBUTIONS AND BUDGETS OF CARBON, PHOSPHORUS, IRON AND MANGANESE IN A FLOODPLAIN SWAMP ECOSYSTEM 
Kuenzler, EJ; Mulholland, PJ; Yarbro, LA; Smock, LA 
1980 
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A freshwater floodplain swamp ecosystem, Creeping Swamp, on the lower Coastal Plain of North Carolina was the site of intensive, coordinated studies of system structure and functioning focused on organic carbon and phosphorus. A comprehensive review of the literature is presented dealing with the investigations which emphasized field measurements of the major compartments and of the dominant fluxes between these compartments in the natural swamp for two years. The fluxes of carbon and phosphorus into and out of the swamp ecosystem were deteremined and material budgets were constructed. The abundances of iron and manganese in several physical and chemical forms in water and soils were also measured.