Forest age, wood and nutrient dynamics in headwater streams of the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, NH

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1154-1163

  Warren, Dana R ^a   Bernhardt, Emily S ^b,c   Hall Jr , Robert O ^b,d   Likens, Gene E ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Debris dam; Hubbard Brook; Instream processing; Large wood; Large woody debris; Uptake velocity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; FORESTRY; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; WOOD;

DEBRIS DAM; INSTREAM PROCESSING; LARGE WOODY DEBRIS;

WATERSHEDS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; FORESTRY; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; WATERSHEDS; WOOD;

ABUNDANCE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; HEADWATER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; WOODY DEBRIS;

AMMONIA; FORESTRY; NITRATES; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHATES; WATER SHEDS; WOOD;

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

EID: 34547207067     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1548     Document Type: Article

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