Evaluating regional patterns in nitrate sources to watersheds in national parks of the rocky mountains using nitrate isotopes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 6487-6493

  Nanus, Leora ^a,e   Williams, Mark W ^b   Campbell, Donald H ^a   Elliott, Emily M ^c   Kendall, Carol ^d  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PARKS; ISOTOPES; LAKES; WATERSHEDS;

NATIONAL PARKS; NITRATE ISOTOPES; NITRATE SOURCES; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

NITRATES; LANDFORMS;

ISOTOPE; NITRATE;

ELEVATION; EMISSION; LAKE; MOUNTAIN; NATIONAL PARK; NITRIFICATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NATIONAL PARK; PRECIPITATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATERSHED; WET DEPOSITION;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; NITRATES; RECREATION; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

AQUATIC HABITATS; DETECTION LIMITS; INDIRECT PROCESS; NATIONAL PARKS; NITRATE ISOTOPES; NITRATE SOURCES; REGIONAL PATTERN; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SOURCE AREA; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; WET DEPOSITION;

EID: 51049110918     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800739e     Document Type: Article

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