Dynamics of nitrogen and dissolved organic carbon at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1153-1166

  Dittman, Jason A ^a   Driscoll, Charles T ^a   Groffman, Peter M ^b   Fahey, Timothy J ^c  

^a Syracuse University   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Dissolved organic nitrogen; Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest; Nitrate; Nitrogen; Soil solution; Streamwater

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; NITRATE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL PROFILE; STREAMWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATERSHED;

HUBBARD BROOK EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; BETULA PENDULA; PICEA;

CARBON; NITROGEN; WATER;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; SEASON; SOIL; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ALTITUDE; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NITROGEN; SEASONS; SOIL; TREES; WATER;

EID: 34447106883     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0834     Document Type: Article

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