Using the natural 15N abundance to assess the main nitrogen inputs into the sand dune area of the north-western Negev Desert (Israel)

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-67

  Russow, Rolf ^a   Veste, Maik ^b   Littmann, Thomas ^c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Desert sand dune; Ecosystems; Nitrogen 15; Nitrogen input

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DESERT; DUNE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; TRACER;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

CYANOBACTERIA; FABACEAE; RETAMA; RETAMA RAETAM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

NITROGEN; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISRAEL;

DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISRAEL; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 1642446654     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010310001646554     Document Type: Article

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