Potassium and phosphorus additions modify the response of Sphagnum capillifolium growing on a Scottish ombrotrophic bog to enhanced nitrogen deposition

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1111-1121

  Carfrae, J A ^a   Sheppard, L J ^a   Raven, J A ^b   Leith, I D ^a   Crossley, A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; IMPURITIES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

OMBROTROPHIC BOG; SPHAGNUM CAPILLIFOLIUM; SPRAY CONCENTRATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CRITICAL LOAD; MOSS; NITRATE; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POTASSIUM; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; WATER STRESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM CAPILLIFOLIUM;

EID: 34249949515     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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