Vertical transport of dissolved organic C and N under long-term N amendments in pine and hardwood forests

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 471-505

  Currie, William S ^a,d   Aber, John D ^a   Mcdowell, William H ^a   Boone, Richard D ^b,c   Magill, Alison H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

decomposition; dissolved organic carbon; dissolved organic nitrogen; fertilization; forest floor; humic substances; leaching; litter quality; LTER; lysimeters; nitrogen retention; nitrogen saturation; nutrient fluxes; soil solution; throughfall

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DOC; FERTILIZATION; FOREST FLOOR; LEACHING; LITTER QUALITY; SOIL SOLUTION; THROUGHFALL;

USA, MASSACHUSETTS, HARVARD FOREST;

EID: 0030303219     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02183037     Document Type: Article

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