Riparian zones in southern Appalachian headwater catchments: Carbon and nitrogen responses to forest cutting

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2282-2293

  Knoepp, Jennifer D ^a   Clinton, Barton D ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon (DOC); Dissolved organic nitrogen (DON); Nitrogen availability; Nitrogen leaching; Riparian buffer

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN (DON); NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN LEACHING; RIPARIAN BUFFER;

CATCHMENTS; DISSOLUTION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LEACHING; NITROGEN; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEFORESTATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; HARVESTING; HEADWATER; RIPARIAN FOREST; RIPARIAN ZONE; SILVICULTURE;

CARBON; DISSOLVING; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LEACHING; MOISTURE; NITROGEN; SOIL; STREAM FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

NANTAHALA NATIONAL FOREST; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349976229     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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