Atmospheric deposition of carbon and nutrients across an arid metropolitan area

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 402, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-105

  Lohse, Kathleen A ^a,b   Hope, Diane ^a   Sponseller, Ryan ^a,c   Allen, Jonathan O ^d   Grimm, Nancy B ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; CAP LTER; Carbon; Cations; Nitrogen; Phoenix; Sonoran desert; Sulfate; Urban ecosystem

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; DUST; ECOSYSTEMS; NUTRIENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; PHOENIX; URBAN ECOSYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; SULFATE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON; CATION; DRY DEPOSITION; METROPOLITAN AREA; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC CARBON; SPATIAL VARIATION; SULFATE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DESERT; DRY DEPOSITION; DUST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; SYNECOLOGY; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; WET DEPOSITION; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AMMONIA; ARIZONA; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON; CITIES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SULFATES; TIME FACTORS; WIND;

NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT;

EID: 46549085545     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.04.044     Document Type: Article

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