State factor relationships of dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen losses from unpolluted temperate forest watersheds

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Perakis, Steven S ^a   Hedin, Lars O ^b  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON CYCLE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN CYCLE; TEMPERATE FOREST; WATERSHED;

ARGENTINA; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

CONIFERALES;

EID: 34548329290     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JG000276     Document Type: Article

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