The ecology of snow-covered systems: A brief overview of nutrient cycling and life in the cold

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 14-15, 1999, Pages 2135-2147

  Jones, H G ^a  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algae; Ecology; Gases; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Snow cover; Snowmelt; Soil

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; GASES; HYDROLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOILS; VEGETATION;

NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENTS; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT;

SNOW;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SNOW COVER;

EID: 0033208454     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(199910)13:14/15<2135::aid-hyp862>3.0.co;2-y     Document Type: Article

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