Nitrogen loss from watersheds of interior Alaska underlain with discontinuous permafrost

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Jones Jr , Jeremy B ^a   Petrone, Kevin C ^a   Finlay, Jacques C ^b   Hinzman, Larry D ^a   Bolton, W Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; NITROGEN; PERMAFROST; STREAM FLOW;

ANNUAL NITROGEN BUDGETS; NITROGEN EXPORT; STREAMS; TEMPERATE REGIONS;

WATERSHEDS;

COLD REGION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LOSS; PERMAFROST; WATERSHED;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 16344375108     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021734     Document Type: Article

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