Accumulation of pollutant Nitrogen in calcareous and ccidic grasslands: Evidence from N Flux and 15N tracer studies

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 159-167

  Phoenix, Gareth K ^a   Leake, Jonathan R ^a   Read, David J ^a   Grime, J Philip ^a   Lee, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

15N stable isotope pulse chase; Denitrification; Ecosystem N budgets; Immobilisation; Leachate; N deposition; N fluxes; Pollutant N accumulation; Volatilization

Indexed keywords

SOIL NITROGEN;

EID: 15444365715     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11267-004-3026-0     Document Type: Article

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