Nitrogen deposition induced changes in DOC: NO3-N ratios determine the efficiency of nitrate removal from freshwaters

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2358-2365

  Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A ^a   Jeppesen, Erik ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Boreal lakes; Carbon; Climate; Denitrification; Deposition net ecosystem production; Nitrogen saturation

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; NITROGEN;

NORTHERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77955060540     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02100.x     Document Type: Article

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