N leaching from small upland headwater catchments in southwestern Norway

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 179, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 323-340

  Sjøeng, Anne Merete Smelhus ^a   Kaste, Øyvind ^a   Tørseth, Kjetil ^b   Mulder, Jan ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Ammonium; Bare rock; Heather; Moorland; Nitrate; Peat; Small catchment; Total organic nitrogen; Upland

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LEACHING; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY;

ACID DEPOSITION; TOTAL ORGANIC NITROGEN;

WATER ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LEACHING; RUNOFF; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ACID DEPOSITION; CATCHMENT; HEADWATER; LEACHING; MOORLAND; ORGANIC NITROGEN; RUNOFF; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; LEACHING; NORWAY; PLANT; ROCK; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

CALLUNA;

EID: 33846828808     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-9236-5     Document Type: Article

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