The High Arctic glacial ecosystem: New insights from nutrient budgets

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 233-256

  Hodson, A J ^a   Mumford, P N ^a   Kohler, J ^b   Wynn, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic glaciers; Meltwater chemistry; Nutrients; Polar ecosystems; Snowmelt

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; MELTWATER; NUTRIENT BUDGET; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 21244458476     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-004-0362-0     Document Type: Article

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