Effects of increased deposition of atmospheric nitrogen on an upland moor: Nitrogen budgets and nutrient accumulation

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 473-484

  Pilkington, M G ^a   Caporn, S J M ^a   Carroll, J A ^a   Cresswell, N ^a   Lee, J A ^b   Reynolds, B ^c   Emmett, B A ^c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

N:P ratios; Nitrogen budget; Phosphorus; Potassium; Upland Calluna moor

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERICS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DEPOSITION; NUTRITION; SOILS; VEGETATION;

N:P RATIOS; NITROGEN BUDGET; STANDING MASS; UPLAND CALLOONA MOOR;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; MINERAL; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; MOORLAND; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BUDGET; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEATHLAND; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MASS; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PLANT LITTER; PLANT TISSUE; SOIL; VEGETATION; AIR POLLUTANT; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CALLUNA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS; POTASSIUM; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 23744510838     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

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