Close correlation between the nitrate elimination rate by denitrification and the organic matter content in hardwood forest soils of the upper rhine floodplain (France)

Wetlands

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 214-224

  Brettar, Ingrid ^a   Höfle, Manfred G ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Denitrification rate; Hardwood forest; Organic matter; Upper Rhine floodplain

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; FLOODPLAIN; FOREST SOIL; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL NITROGEN;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; RHINE BASIN; WORLD;

EID: 25144495094     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2002)022[0214:CCBTNE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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