Position of the Gulf Stream influences lake nitrate concentrations in SW Ireland

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 482-489

  Jennings, Eleanor ^a   Allott, Norman ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Catchment; Climate; Gulf Stream index; Ireland; Nitrate; Soil moisture deficit

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LAKE DYNAMICS; LATITUDE; NITRATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM; WEATHER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF STREAM; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846796280     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-006-0847-0     Document Type: Article

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