Hydrologic control of nitrogen removal, storage, and export in a mountain stream

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2128-2142

  Hall, Robert O ^a   Baker, Michelle A ^b   Arp, Christopher D ^b,c   Kocha, Benjamin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; NITROGEN CYCLE; RAINSTORM; RESIDENCE TIME; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; SPRING CREEK; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 70349952113     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.6.2128     Document Type: Article

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