A coupled field and modeling approach for the analysis of nitrogen cycling in streams

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 199-221

  Wollheim, Wilfred M ^a   Peterson, Bruce J ^a   Deegan, Linda A ^a   Bahr, Michele ^a   Hobbie, John E ^a   Jones, David ^b   Bowden, William B ^c,g   Hershey, Anne E ^d,h   Kling, George W ^e   Miller, Michael C ^f  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b University of New Hampshire ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^g LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

15N; Compartment model; N cycling; Stable isotope; Stream ecosystem; Tracer addition; Uptake length

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MODELING; NITROGEN CYCLE; STREAM; TRACER;

ALASKA; KUPARUK RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033150322     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468461     Document Type: Article

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