Modelling the inorganic nitrogen behaviour in a small Mediterranean forested catchment, Fuirosos (Catalonia)

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 223-237

  Medici, C ^a   Bernal, S ^b   Butturini, A ^c   Sabater, F ^c   Martin, M ^a   Wade, A J ^d   Frances, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DESORPTION; FORESTED CATCHMENT; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL MOISTURE;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 76849098376     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-223-2010     Document Type: Article

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