Isotopic composition of dissolved inorganic nitrogen in high mountain lakes: Variation with altitude in the Pyrenees

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1469-1479

  Bartrons, M ^a   Camarero, L ^a   Catalan, J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; AMMONIUM; CATCHMENT; CHLOROPHYLL; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MOUNTAIN; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POREWATER; SNOWPACK; SOIL DYNAMICS; SOIL TYPE; TREELINE; WATER COLUMN; WATER FLOW;

PYRENEES;

EID: 77952371464     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-1469-2010     Document Type: Article

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