Long-term trends in stream nitrate concentrations and losses across watersheds undergoing recovery from acidification in the Czech Republic

Ecosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 410-425

  Oulehle, Filip ^a   McDowell, William H ^b   Aitkenhead Peterson, Jacqueline A ^c   Krám, Pavel ^a   Hruška, Jakub ^a   Navrátil, Tomáš ^a   Buzek, František ^a   Fottová, Daniela ^a  

^a CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidic deposition; Forest ecosystem; GEOMON watersheds; Nitrate leaching; Nitrogen saturation; Nutrient retention; Soil C N ratio

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FOREST FLOOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; SULFUR; WATERSHED;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 43049176792     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-008-9130-7     Document Type: Article

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