Hydro-ecological linkages in urbanizing watersheds: An empirical assessment of in-stream nitrate loss and evidence of saturation kinetics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Claessens, Luc ^a,b,c   Tague, Christina L ^a   Band, Lawrence E ^d   Groffman, Peter M ^e   Kenworthy, Stephen T ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^f WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST COVER; HYDROLOGY; NITRATE; REACTION KINETICS; SATURATION; STREAM; SUBURBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954223377     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JG001017     Document Type: Article

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