Night and day: short-term variation in nitrogen chemistry and nitrous oxide emissions from streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 509-525

  Baulch, Helen M ^a   Dillon, Peter J ^a   Maranger, Roxane ^b   Venkiteswaran, Jason J ^c   Wilson, Henry F ^a   Schiff, Sherry L ^c  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diel; Eutrophication; IPCC; Nitrogen; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855898460     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02720.x     Document Type: Article

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