The Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) colony as a "hot spot" of nitrous oxide (N 2O) emission in central Japan

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 57, Issue , 2012, Pages 29-34

  Mizota, Chitoshi ^a   Noborio, Kosuke ^b   Mori, Yoshiaki ^b  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birds avian; Fluxes; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DENITRIFICATION PROCESS; HOT SPOT; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL FLUX; SOIL SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FLUXES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES;

DENITRIFICATION;

ISOTOPE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AVIFAUNA; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMANIPULATION; BREEDING POPULATION; COLONY; DENITRIFICATION; FECES; FLEDGING; NITROUS OXIDE; ROOSTING; SEABIRD; SOIL EMISSION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BIRD; BREEDING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES COMPOSITION; JAPAN; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS;

JAPAN;

PHALACROCORAX CARBO;

EID: 84861645025     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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