An assessment of the relationship between potential chemical indices of nitrogen saturation and nitrogen deposition in hardwood forests in southern Ontario

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 164, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 9-20

  Watmough, Shaun A ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest floor; Forests; Isotopes; Nitrogen deposition; Nitrogen saturation; Sugar maple

Indexed keywords

FOREST FLOOR; FOREST FLOORS; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NITROGEN SATURATION; SUGAR MAPLE;

DEPOSITION; FLOORS; HARDWOODS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; SOILS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

FORESTRY;

CARBON; MINERAL; NITROGEN;

AMMONIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; FOLIAGE; FOREST FLOOR; FOREST SOIL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; SATURATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NITROGEN;

ACER; ACIDITY; AMMONIFICATION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOLIAGE; FOREST; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLING; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; PH; SOIL ANALYSIS;

NITROGEN; ONTARIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREES;

ACER SACCHARUM; DEPOSITION; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; INDICATORS; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; SOIL;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM;

EID: 77952291118     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0870-4     Document Type: Article

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