Nitrogen leaching of two forest ecosystems in a karst watershed

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 218, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 633-649

  Jost, Georg ^a   Dirnböck, Thomas ^b   Grabner, Maria Theresia ^b   Mirtl, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Long term monitoring; Nitrogen deposition; Nitrogen saturationnitrate leaching; Snow melt

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; AUSTRIA; BARK BEETLE; BEECH (FAGUS SYLVATICA L.); C/N RATIO; CLOSE PROXIMITY; EUROPEAN ALPS; EUROPEAN FORESTS; FLUX RATES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; KARST AQUIFER; LONG TERM MONITORING; N CONTENT; N DEPOSITION; N MINERALIZATION; N SATURATION; NITRATE LEACHING; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NITROGEN LEACHING; NORTHERN LIMESTONE ALPS; NORWAY SPRUCE; ORGANIC LAYERS; OUTPUT EVENTS; OUTPUT RATE; PICEA ABIES (L.) KARST; QUICK RESPONSE; RESIDENCE TIME; SEEPAGE WATER; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVERS; SNOW MELT; SOIL HYDROLOGY; SOIL TYPES; SPRUCE FOREST; TEMPORAL PATTERN; THROUGHFALL; WINTER MONTHS;

AQUIFERS; BUDGET CONTROL; FORESTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LEACHING; MINERALOGY; NITROGEN; POTABLE WATER; SEEPAGE; SNOW; SURFACE WATERS; WATERSHEDS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AMMONIA; DRINKING WATER; NITROGEN;

AMMONIA; ANNUAL VARIATION; AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGY; KARST; LEACHING; MINERALIZATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATURATION; SEEPAGE; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; THROUGHFALL; WATERSHED;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BEECH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; HYDROLOGY; NITRATE LEACHING; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NORWAY SPRUCE; PRECIPITATION; RESPONSE TIME; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

AQUIFERS; DRINKING WATER; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LEACHING; NITROGEN; SEEPAGE; SNOW; WATER SHEDS;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 80053565060     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-010-0674-8     Document Type: Article

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