Total nitrogen content and δ15N signatures in moss tissue: Indicative value for nitrogen deposition patterns and source allocation on a nationwide scale

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 8661-8667

  Zechmeister, Harald G ^a,b   Richter, Andreas ^a   Smidt, Stefan ^c   Hohenwallner, Daniela ^b,d   Roder, Ingrid ^d   Maringer, Sabine ^a   Wanek, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Ecotox Austria   (Austria)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE FOR FORESTS   (Austria)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIA; BIO INDICATORS; DRY DEPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; MONITORING PROGRAMS; MOSS DATUMS; MOSS SAMPLES; N CONTENTS; N DEPOSITIONS; NITROGEN DEPOSITIONS; SOURCE ALLOCATIONS; TOTAL NITROGENS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

HEAVY METAL; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15;

ALTITUDE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MOSS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRY DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; MOSS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SAMPLING; SOIL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WET DEPOSITION;

ALTITUDE; AUSTRIA; BRYOPHYTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 57449089193     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es801865d     Document Type: Article

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