Longitudinal and seasonal variation of stream N uptake in an urbanizing watershed: Effect of organic matter, stream size, transient storage and debris dams

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 98, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 45-62

  Claessens, Luc ^a,b,c   Tague, Christina L ^a   Groffman, Peter M ^d   Melack, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c State University   (United States)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Debris dams; Nitrogen; Nutrient additions; Organic matter; Streams; Transient storage

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; DAM; DEBRIS FLOW; FORESTED CATCHMENT; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORGANIC MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM CHANNEL; SUBURBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953122168     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-009-9375-z     Document Type: Article

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