Nutrient export from watersheds on Mt. Desert Island, maine, as a function of land use and fire history

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 126, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 81-96

  Nielsen, Martha G ^a   Kahl, Jeffrey S ^b,c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acadia National Park; Coastal watersheds; Fire effects; Land use; Nitrogen export; Small watersheds

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIRES; LAND USE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COASTAL WATERSHEDS; NUTRIENT EXPORT;

WATERSHEDS;

NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

COASTAL WATER; LAND USE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; WATERSHED; WILDFIRE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COASTAL WATERS; ECOSYSTEM FIRE HISTORY; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NATIONAL PARK; NUTRIENT LOADING; PRECIPITATION; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATERSHED;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MAINE; NITRATES; NITROGEN; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK; MAINE; MOUNT DESERT ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847323024     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9333-3     Document Type: Article

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