Variation in stream c, n and p uptake along an altitudinal gradient: A space-for-time analogue to assess potential impacts of climate change

Hydrology Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 123-137

  Martí, Eugènia ^a   Fonollà, Paula ^a   Schiller, Daniel Von ^a   Sabater, Francesc ^b   Argerich, Alba ^b   Ribot, Miquel ^a   Riera, Joan Lluís ^b  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon; Climate change; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Streams; Uptake

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CARBON; CATCHMENTS; FORESTRY; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS;

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC N; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOLUBLE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; STREAMS; UPTAKE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOMASS; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 67649808161     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2009.090     Document Type: Article

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