Recovery of nitrogen pools and processes in degraded riparian zones in the southern appalachians

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1391-1399

  Walker, John T ^a   Vose, James M ^b   Knoepp, Jennifer ^b   Geron, Christopher D ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPALACHIANS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BOS TAURUS; N CYCLING; NITRIFICATION RATES; NITROGEN POOLS; NUTRIENT ADDITION; OVERLAND FLOW; RECOVERY RATE; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; RIPARIAN AREAS; RIPARIAN BUFFERS; RIPARIAN ZONES; SOIL NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL SOLUTIONS; TRACE GAS; TRANSFORMATION MECHANISMS;

COMPACTION; DENITRIFICATION; FORESTRY; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENTS; OXIDATION; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

RESTORATION;

NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; GRAZING; NITRIFICATION; SOIL COMPACTION; VEGETATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

APPALACHIAN REGION; NITROGEN; SOIL; WATER;

BOS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 67650506806     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0259     Document Type: Article

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