Controls on nitrogen flux in alpine/subalpine watersheds of Colorado

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-47

  Campbell, Donald H ^a   Baron, Jill S ^a,b   Tonnessen, Kathy A ^c   Brooks, Paul D ^d   Schuster, Paul F ^e  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROSPHERE; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RETENTION; WATERSHED;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033987480     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900283     Document Type: Article

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