Evaluating the source of streamwater nitrate using δ15N and δ18O in nitrate in two watersheds in New Hampshire, USA

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2699-2712

  Pardo, Linda H ^a   Kendall, Carol ^b   Pett Ridge, Jennifer ^c   Chang, Cecily C Y ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

15N; 18O; Nitrate; Nitrogen saturation

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; MICROORGANISMS; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; WATERSHEDS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; FORESTED ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGIC STORAGE; MICROBIAL NITRIFICATION;

STREAM FLOW;

FORESTED CATCHMENT; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STREAMWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

HUBBARD BROOK EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7244244020     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5576     Document Type: Article

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