The production and emission of nitrous oxide from headwater streams in the Midwestern United States

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 878-894

  Beaulieu, Jake J ^a,c   Arango, C P ^b,d   Hamilton, S K ^b   Tank, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Denitrification; EF5 g; Emissions; IPCC; Nitrification; Nitrousoxide; Streams

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DENITRIFICATION; EMISSION; HEADWATER; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROUS OXIDE; STREAM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41149102570     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01485.x     Document Type: Article

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