Modelling nitrogen saturation and carbon accumulation in heathland soils under elevated nitrogen deposition

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 468-478

  Evans, C D ^a   Caporn, S J M ^b   Carroll, J A ^b   Pilkington, M G ^b   Wilson, D B ^b   Ray, N ^b   Cresswell, N ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Nitrate leaching; Nitrogen saturation; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; NITRATE LEACHING; NITROGEN SATURATION; SOIL CARBON;

CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; DEPOSITION; LEACHING; NITROGEN; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CARBON; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; IMMOBILIZATION; LEACHING; MODELING; SATURATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DECOMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTATION; IMMOBILIZATION; LAND BIOME; LEACHING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NITRATE LEACHING; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NUTRIENT; PREDICTION; REDUCTION KINETICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION; SOIL POLLUTION; WET DEPOSITION;

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 33646369012     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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