Dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen relationships in forest litter as affected by nitrogen deposition

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 603-613

  Magill, Alison H ^a   Aber, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Forest floor; Litter chemistry; N inputs

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FOREST LITTER; MICROBE METABOLISM; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; REACTION MECHANISM;

ACID DEPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; LITTER; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

EID: 0034064860     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00187-X     Document Type: Article

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