Mobility of nitrogen-15-labeled nitrate and sulfur-34-labeled sulfate during snowmelt

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1934-1944

  Campbell, John L ^a   Mitchell, Myron J ^b   Mayer, Bernhard ^c   Groffman, Peter M ^d   Christenson, Lynn M ^d  

^a US Forest Service   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ISOTOPES; NITRATES; SNOW;

SNOWMELT; WINTER DYNAMICS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

BIOMASS; ISOTOPES; NITRATES; SNOW; SOIL SURVEYS;

FOREST SOIL; IMMOBILIZATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEACHATE; MASS BALANCE; MOBILITY; NITRATE (INORGANIC SALT); SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFATE; TRACER;

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

EID: 36448934544     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2006.0283     Document Type: Article

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