Nitrate dynamics in the soil and unconfined aquifer in arid groundwater coupled ecosystems of the Monte desert, Argentina

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Aranibar, J N ^a,b   Villagra, P E ^a,b   Gomez, M L ^a   Jobbagy E ^c   Quiroga, M ^a   Wuilloud, R G ^b,c   Monasterio, R P ^c,d   Guevara, A ^e  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias Universidad Nacional de Cuyo ^*  (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^e LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BUFFERING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLOW PATTERN; GRAZING; LAND USE; LEACHING; NITRATE; NUTRIENT LOSS; SOIL PROFILE; SUBSOIL; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UNCONFINED AQUIFER; VEGETATION TYPE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA; MONTE DESERT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80555133183     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001618     Document Type: Article

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