Linking the hydrologic and biogeochemical controls of nitrogen transport in near-stream zones of temperate-forested catchments: A review

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 88-120

  Cirmo, Christopher P ^a   McDonnell, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NITROGEN; RAIN; STREAM FLOW;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN CYCLING; TEMPERATE FORESTED CATCHMENTS;

HYDROLOGY;

CATCHMENT; FLOOD PLAIN; NITROGEN; RAINFALL; WATER TABLE;

AQUATIC/TERRESTRIAL INTERFACE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FOREST CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL BOUNDARY; NITROGEN CYCLING; SATURATED ZONE;

EID: 0031543472     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03286-6     Document Type: Article

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