Changes in N concentrations of peat and its associated vegetation over 12 months in response to increased deposition of ammonium sulfate or nitric acid

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 177, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 281-290

  Yesmin, Laila ^a   Gammack, Shimna M ^a   Cresser, Malcolm S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ammonium sulfate; Calluna; grass; nitric acid; nitrogen accumulation; peat

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN; RAIN;

ARTICLE; CALLUNA VULGARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL AND SOIL RELATED PHENOMENA; VEGETATION;

CALLUNA SPP.;

ACID PRECIPITATION; AMMONIA SULPHATE; MOORLAND; NITRIC ACID; NITROGEN; PEAT;

EID: 0029669237     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(95)04926-6     Document Type: Article

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