Analysis of carbon and nitrogen dynamics in riparian soils: Model validation and sensitivity to environmental controls

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 429, Issue , 2012, Pages 246-256

  Batlle Aguilar, J ^a,d   Brovelli, A ^a   Luster, J ^b   Shrestha, J ^b   Niklaus, P A ^c   Barry, D A ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

DOC mobilization; Ecological modelling; Ecological restoration; N removal; Nutrient cycles; Riparian landscape

Indexed keywords

DOC MOBILIZATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELLING; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; N REMOVAL; NUTRIENT CYCLE; RIPARIAN LANDSCAPE;

ECOSYSTEMS; NUTRIENTS; SOIL MOISTURE;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MICROBIOLOGY; MODEL VALIDATION; NITROGEN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIPARIAN SOIL MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY; VEGETATION;

SWITZERLAND; THUR RIVER [SWITZERLAND];

EID: 84862255083     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.04.026     Document Type: Article

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