Hydrologic controls on nitrogen availability in a high-latitude, semi-arid floodplain

Ecoscience

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 366-376

  Lisuzzo, Nicholas J ^a   Kielland, Knut ^a   Jones, Jeremy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Advective flow; Capillary fringe; Hyporheic; Nitrogen; Riparian; Tanana River

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FRINGE; DEPOSITION; FLOODPLAIN; HYPORHEIC ZONE; ION EXCHANGE; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEMIARID REGION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUCCESSION;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; TANANA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54249087618     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/15-3-2998     Document Type: Article

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