Nitrate attenuation in a small temperate wetland following forest harvest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2333-2341

  Spoelstra, J ^a,b   Schiff, S L ^b   Semkin, R G ^a   Jeffries, D S ^a   Elgood, R J ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clear cut; Denitrification; Forest harvest; Isotopes; Nitrate; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AQUATIC HABITATS; AQUATIC SYSTEM; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; FOREST HARVEST; FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; FOREST REGENERATION; HIGH CONCENTRATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NATURAL WETLAND; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE REMOVAL; NITRATE SOURCES; ONTARIO , CANADA; PLANT UPTAKE; POSTHARVEST; STABLE ISOTOPES; STREAM WATER; TEMPERATE WETLANDS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAP; TURKEY LAKES WATERSHEDS; WETLAND PLANTS; WETLAND SURFACE;

CATCHMENTS; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; HARVESTING; ISOTOPES; MAPS; NITRATES; REFORESTATION; RUNOFF; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

CLEARCUTTING; DENITRIFICATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; REGENERATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WETLAND;

FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; HARVESTING; ISOTOPES; MAPS; NITRATES; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; RUNOFF; WETLANDS;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TURKEY LAKES;

EID: 77952100024     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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