Nitrogen saturation in Japanese forested watersheds

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 391-401

  Ohrui, Kiyokazu ^a,b   Mitchell, Myron J ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Forested watershed; Japan; Nitrogen budget; Nitrogen cycle; Nitrogen saturation; Stream chemistry

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FOREST; FORESTED WATERSHED; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN SATURATION; WATERSHED; WETLANDS;

JAPAN, HONSHU, GUMMA PREFECTURE;

CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; CUPRESSACEAE; TAXODIACEAE;

EID: 0030616927     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0391:NSIJFW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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