Ammonium release from a blanket peatland into headwater stream systems

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 163, Issue , 2012, Pages 261-272

  Daniels, S M ^a   Evans, M G ^a   Agnew, C T ^a   Allott, T E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Erosion; Inorganic nitrogen saturation; Leaching; Nitrate; Peat

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; ATMOSPHERIC INPUTS; ATMOSPHERIC LOADING; ATMOSPHERIC LOADS; BASEFLOWS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; FLUX CALCULATIONS; HEADWATER STREAM; HYDROCHEMICALS; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MINERALISATION; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PEAT LAND; RAPID TRANSFORMATIONS; STORM FLOW; STREAM NETWORKS; SUB-CATCHMENT; WATER TABLES;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LEACHING; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PEAT; RUNOFF; WETLANDS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

AERATION; AMMONIUM; CATCHMENT; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HEADWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LEACHING; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION; PEAT; PEATLAND; SATURATION; STREAM; WATER TABLE;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LEACHING; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; PEATLAND; POLLUTION MONITORING; TERRESTRIAL SURFACE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ENGLAND; PENNINES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84856116137     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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