Nitrogen deposition decreases acid buffering capacity of alpine soils in the southern Rocky Mountains

Geoderma

Volumn 164, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 220-224

  Lieb, Anna M ^a   Darrouzet Nardi, Anthony ^a   Bowman, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid buffering capacity; Aluminum; Base cations; Nitrogen critical load; Soil acidification

Indexed keywords

ACID BUFFERING; ACID TITRATION; BASE CATIONS; DUST DEPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL CHANGES; N DEPOSITION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NUTRIENT CATIONS; REMOTE REGIONS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SNOW COVERS; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; SOIL PH; TOXIC METALS; TREATMENT EFFECTS;

ACIDIFICATION; ALUMINUM; DEPOSITION; ECOLOGY; LANDFORMS; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NUTRIENTS; PH EFFECTS; POSITIVE IONS; SNOW; TOXIC MATERIALS;

SOILS;

ACID SOIL; ACIDIFICATION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALUMINUM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DUST; IONIC COMPOSITION; MANGANESE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; SNOW COVER; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 79960744617     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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