A Stable Isotope Tracer Study of the Influences of Adjacent Land Use and Riparian Condition on Fates of Nitrate in Streams

Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-17

  Sobota, Daniel J ^a   Johnson, Sherri L ^b   Gregory, Stan V ^a   Ashkenas, Linda R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

denitrification; isotope tracer; land use; N 15; nitrate; nitrogen; Oregon; organic matter storage; spiraling; streams

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOFILM; BRYOPHYTE; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; MAINTENANCE; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; RIPARIAN FOREST; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAMWATER; TRACER; TURNOVER; URBAN AREA; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

OREGON; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 84856550733     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-011-9489-8     Document Type: Article

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