Role of wetlands and developed land use on dissolved organic nitrogen concentrations and DON/TDN in northeastern U.S. rivers and streams

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 910-918

  Pellerin, Brian A ^a   Wollheim, Wilfred M ^b   Hopkinson, Charles S ^c   McDowell, William H ^a   Williams, Michael R ^c   Vörösmarty, Charles J ^b   Daley, Michelle L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; RIVER; STREAM; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3843051183     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2004.49.4.0910     Document Type: Article

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