Analysis of nitrogen cycling in a forest stream during autumn using a 15N-tracer addition

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1013-1029

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

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^e ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FOOD WEB; FOREST; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN 15; NITROGEN CYCLE; SEASONALITY; STENONEMA; STREAM; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TALLAPERLA; TRACER; UNITED STATES;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOOD WEB; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; STREAM;

APPALACHIANS; UNITED STATES; UPPER BALL CREEK;

TALLAPERLA;

EID: 0033880669     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2000.45.5.1013     Document Type: Article

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