Nitrogen and phosphorus uptake in two Idaho (USA) headwater wilderness streams

Oecologia

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 247-255

  Davis, Jeffrey C ^a   Minshall, G Wayne ^b  

^a Streamside Environmental Services   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Nutrient spiraling; Phosphorus; Stream nutrient cycling; Uptake rate and length

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; STREAM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032952411     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050783     Document Type: Article

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