Seasonal dynamics of dissolved nitrogen exports from two High Arctic watersheds, Melville Island, Canada

Hydrology Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 323-335

  Lafrenière, Melissa ^a   Lamoureux, Scott ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic nitrogen; High Arctic; Nitrate; Nitrogen; Watershed nutrient fluxes

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749116279     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2008.008     Document Type: Article

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