Nitrogen cycling in a forest stream determined by a 15N tracer addition

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 471-493

  Mulholland, Patrick J ^a   Tank, Jennifer L ^b   Sanzone, Diane M ^c   Wollheim, Wilfred M ^d   Peterson, Bruce J ^d   Webster, Jackson R ^e   Meyer, Judy L ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

15N; Ammonium uptake length; Gross primary production; Nitrate uptake length; Nitrification; Nitrogen cycling; Respiration; Stable isotope; Stream ecosystem; Tracer addition

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN CYCLE; STREAM; TRACER;

TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033820906     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2000)070[0471:nciafs]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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