Patterns in N dynamics and N isotopes during primary succession in Glacier Bay, Alaska

Chemical Geology

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 3-11

  Hobbie, Erik A ^a   MacKo, Stephen A ^a   Shugart, Herman H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Glacier Bay; N dynamics; N isotopes

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PRIMARY SUCCESSION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032433726     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00092-8     Document Type: Article

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