Stable N isotope composition of nitrate reflects N transformations during the passage of water through a montane rain forest in Ecuador

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 195-208

  Schwarz, Martin Thilo ^a   Oelmann, Yvonne ^b   Wilcke, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b University of Koblenz   (Germany)

Author keywords

15N natural abundance; Denitrification; Nitrate; Nitrification; Terrestrial N cycling; Tropical montane forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CANOPY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; DILUTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; LEACHATE; LITTER; MINERALIZATION; MONTANE FOREST; NITRATE; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; ORGANIC MATTER; RAINFALL; RAINFOREST; RAINWATER; STREAMWATER; THROUGHFALL; TRANSFORMATION;

ECUADOR;

EID: 78650308811     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9434-5     Document Type: Article

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