Seasonal variations in nutrient concentrations and speciation in the Chena River, Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Cai, Yihua ^a   Guo, Laodong ^a   Douglas, Thomas A ^b   Whitledge, Terry E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b Engineering Research and Development Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; FLUX MEASUREMENT; NITRATE; PERMAFROST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); WARMING;

ALASKA; CHENA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

INSECTIVORA;

EID: 69549126374     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JG000733     Document Type: Article

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