Nitrogen saturation in the rocky mountains

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 640-646

  Williams, Mark W ^a   Baron, Jill S ^b   Caine, Nel ^a   Sommerfeld, Richard ^c   Sanford Jr , Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BRISTLECONE PINE; FOLIAR NUTRIENT RATIO; HIGH ALTITUDE CATCHMENT; NITROGEN LEACHING; NITROGEN SATURATION; SURFACE WATER QUALITY;

USA, ROCKY MOUNTAINS, COLORADO FRONT RANGE;

EID: 0029667570     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es950383e     Document Type: Article

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