Nitrogen fixation in surface soils and vegetation in an arctic tundra watershed: A key source of atmospheric nitrogen

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 363-372

  Hobara, Satoru ^a,b   McCalley, Carmody ^c   Koba, Keisuke ^d   Giblin, Anne E ^c   Weiss, Marissa S ^e   Gettel, Gretchen M ^e   Shaver, Gaius R ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL STRUCTURE; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TUNDRA; VEGETATION; WATERSHED;

ARCTIC;

PELTIGERA;

EID: 33748795605     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2006)38[363:NFISSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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