Depleted soil carbon and nitrogen pools beneath impervious surfaces

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 164, Issue , 2012, Pages 248-251

  Raciti, Steve M ^a   Hutyra, Lucy R ^a   Finzi, Adrien C ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Impervious surface; Nitrogen; Soil; Urban

Indexed keywords

C AND N POOLS; EXTRACELLULAR ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; N CONTENT; NET IMPACT; NEW YORK CITY; RECALCITRANT COMPOUNDS; SOIL CARBON; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; URBAN; URBAN AREAS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN LANDSCAPE; URBAN SOILS;

CARBON; LAKES; NITROGEN; URBAN GROWTH;

SOILS;

CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL PROPERTY; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEW YORK CITY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; URBANIZATION;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857409868     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.01.046     Document Type: Article

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