Seasonal patterns of nitrate discharge from forested catchments: Information derived from Japanese case studies

Geography Compass

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1358-1376

  Ohte, Nobuhito ^a   Tokuchi, Naoko ^b   Fujimoto, Masamitsu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LITERATURE REVIEW; NITRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

JAPAN;

EID: 77956621026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2010.00377.x     Document Type: Review

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