Input-output budgets of inorganic nitrogen for 24 forest watersheds in the Northeastern United States: A review

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 151, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 373-396

  Campbell, John L ^a   Hornbeck, James W ^a   Mitchell, Myron J ^b   Adams, Mary Beth ^c   Castro, Mark S ^d   Driscoll, Charles T ^e   Kahl, Jeffrey S ^f   Kochenderfer, James N ^c   Likens, Gene E ^g   Lynch, James A ^h   Murdoch, Peter S ⁱ   Nelson, Sarah J ^f   Shanley, James B ⁱ  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c USDA Forest Service Northeastern Research Station Parsons   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^e SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^g CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^h PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Input output relationships; Nitrate; Nitrogen; Nitrogen saturation; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN (DIN); WET DEPOSITION;

WATER POLLUTION;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; RAIN;

AMMONIUM; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; NITRATE; NITROGEN; WATERSHED;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BUDGET; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; FOREST; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SIMULATION; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; WET DEPOSITION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 10744226153     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WATE.0000009908.94219.04     Document Type: Review

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