Nitrogen dynamics in two high elevation catchments during spring snowmelt 1996, Rocky Mountains, Colorado

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 14-15, 1999, Pages 2203-2214

  Heuer, Kristi ^a   Brooks, Paul D ^b   Tonnessen, Kathy A ^a  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine; N cycling; N deposition; Rocky Mountains; Snowpack chemistry; Soils; Streamwater chemistry

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; HYDROLOGY; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SNOW; SOILS;

ALPINE SOIL; CREEK; HIGH ELEVATION CATCHMENTS; INORGANIC NITROGEN; SNOWPACK; SOIL LEACHATE; SPRING SNOWMELT; STREAMWATER;

NITROGEN;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SNOW CHEMISTRY; SNOWMELT;

COLORADO; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033208319     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199910)13:14/15<2203::AID-HYP859>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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