Detrital control on the release of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) and dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) from the forest floor under chronic N deposition

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 178-185

  Park, Ji Hyung ^a   Matzner, Egbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

C limitation; Dissolved inorganic nitrogen; Dissolved organic nitrogen; Forest floor; N saturation

Indexed keywords

C LIMITATION; DETRITAL CONTROL; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN (DIN); DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN (DON); FOREST FLOOR; N SATURATION;

CELL IMMOBILIZATION; DEPOSITION; GLUCOSE; LEACHING; MICROORGANISMS; NITROGEN;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC NITROGEN;

DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; FOREST SOIL; LEACHING; LITTER; NITROGEN;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; FOREST; IMMOBILIZATION; LEACHING; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; SOIL ANALYSIS;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; BETULACEAE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOLUBILITY; TREES;

EID: 33646436429     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.10.045     Document Type: Article

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