Linking nitrous oxide flux during spring thaw to nitrate denitrification in the soil profile

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 908-916

  Wagner Riddle, C ^a   Hu, Q C ^b   Van Bochove, E ^c   Jayasundara, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATES; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOILS; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); THAWING;

NITROUS OXIDE (N2O); SOIL PROFILING; SPRING THAW;

ANESTHETICS;

DENITRIFICATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FREEZING; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL PROFILE; SPRING (SEASON); THAWING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 47249156096     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2007.0353     Document Type: Article

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