Nitrous oxide emissions from two riparian ecosystems: Key controlling variables

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 427-436

  Machefert, S E ^a   Dise, N B ^a,d   Goulding, K W T ^b   Whitehead, P G ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Agriculture and Environment Division   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffer strips; Mineral N; Nitrous oxide; Rainfall; Riparian; Soil temperature; Soil water content

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; NITROUS OXIDE; RIPARIAN ZONE; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL WATER;

RIPARIA;

EID: 4344604407     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WAFO.0000028369.86947.9f     Document Type: Article

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