Nitrogen fluxes and retention in urban watershed ecosystems

Ecosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 393-403

  Groffman, Peter M ^a   Law, Neely L ^b   Belt, Kenneth T ^c   Band, Lawrence E ^b   Fisher, Gary T ^d  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term ecological research; Mass balance; Nitrate; Nitrogen; Urban; Watershed

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LOSS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; WATERSHED;

EID: 3042781757     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-003-0039-x     Document Type: Article

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