Application of a 15N tracer to simulate and track the fate of atmospherically deposited N in the coastal forests of the Waquoit Bay Watershed, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Oecologia

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 393-402

  Seely, B ^a,b   Lajtha, K ^a,c  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

15N tracer; Atmospheric deposition; Microbial uptake; N retention; Soil texture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030777426     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050325     Document Type: Article

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