Urban influences on the nitrogen cycle in Puerto Rico

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 109-133

  Ortiz Zayas, Jorge R ^a   Cuevas, Elvira ^b   Mayol Bracero, Olga L ^a   Donoso, Loreto ^c   Trebs, Ivonne ^d   Figueroa Nieves, Debora ^e   Mcdowell, William H ^e  

^a University of Puerto Rico Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Atmospheric nitrogen deposition; Caribbean; Land use change; Nitrogen; Peurto Rico; Urbanization; Waste water disposal; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

HYPTIS ESCOBILLA;

EID: 33745917076     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-006-9005-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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