N retention in urbanizing headwater catchments

Ecosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 871-884

  Wollheim, Wilfred M ^a,b   Pellerin, Brian A ^a   Vörösmarty, Charles J ^a,b   Hopkinson, Charles S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Export; Impervious; Loading; Nitrogen; Residential; Retention; Urban; Watershed

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RETENTION; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; PLUM ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 28844439361     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-005-0178-3     Document Type: Article

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