Sedimented organic nitrogen isotopes in freshwater wetlands record long-term changes in watershed nitrogen source and land use

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2910-2916

  Elliott, Emily M ^a   Brush, Grace S ^a  

^a The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MINERALS; SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

BIOTA; HUMAN IMPACTS; SEDIMENTED ORGANIC MATTER; STRATIGRAPHIES;

WETLANDS;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER;

HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MINERALS; SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

FRESHWATER; LAND USE CHANGE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SEDIMENT CORE; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; DIAGENESIS; FOREST; FOSSIL; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; POPULATION DENSITY; WASTE WATER; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646381648     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051587q     Document Type: Article

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