Symptoms of nitrogen saturation in an aggrading forested watershed in western Maryland

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 333-348

  Castro, Mark S ^a   Eshleman, Keith N ^a   Pitelka, Louis F ^a   Frech, Geoff ^a   Ramsey, Molly ^a   Currie, William S ^b   Kuers, Karen ^c   Simmons, Jeffrey A ^d   Pohlad, Bob R ^e   Thomas, Carolyn L ^e   Johnson, David M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH   (United States)

^d MOUNT ST MARY S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FERRUM COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric nitrogen deposition; Forested watersheds; Nitrogen dynamics; Nitrogen saturation

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; SATURATION; WATERSHED; WET DEPOSITION;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250380353     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-007-9125-z     Document Type: Article

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