Regulation of nitrate-N release from temperate forests: A test of the N flushing hypothesis

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3337-3354

  Creed, I F ^a   Band, L E ^a   Foster, N W ^b   Morrison, I K ^b   Nicolson, J A ^b   Semkin, R S ^c   Jeffries, D S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATCHMENTS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RUNOFF; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

NITRATE NITROGEN; SATURATION DEFICIT; SIMULATION SYSTEMS; SOIL SATURATION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SUBSURFACE LAYER; SUMMER DROUGHTS; TEMPERATE FORESTS;

SOILS;

ACER SACCHARUM;

FLUSHING HYPOTHESIS; NITRATE; NITROGEN; SOIL WATER QUALITY; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CANADA, ONTARIO;

EID: 0030302451     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR02399     Document Type: Article

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