Patterns of dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen fluxes in deciduous and coniferous forests under historic high nitrogen deposition

Biogeosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2743-2758

  Sleutel, S ^a   Vandenbruwane, J ^a   De Schrijver, A ^a   Wuyts, K ^a   Moeskops, B ^a   Verheyen, K ^a   De Neve, S ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; FOREST FLOOR; LEACHING; SOIL DEPTH;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 72449164455     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-6-2743-2009     Document Type: Article

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