Are rivers just big streams? A pulse method to quantify nitrogen demand in a large river

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2935-2945

  Tank, Jennifer L ^a   Rosi Marshall, Emma J ^b   Baker, Michelle A ^c   Hall Jr , Robert O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Nitrate; Nutrient spiraling; River; Snake River; Stream; Uptake length; Uptake velocity; USA; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER; RIVER DISCHARGE; STREAM;

NORTH AMERICA; SNAKE RIVER; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

NITRATE; NITROGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; METHODOLOGY; RIVER; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; NITRATES; NITROGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WYOMING;

EID: 58149358450     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1315.1     Document Type: Article

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