The multi-annual nitrogen budget of a peat-covered catchment - Changing from sink to source?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 433, Issue , 2012, Pages 178-188

  Worrall, Fred ^a   Clay, Gareth D ^a   Burt, Tim P ^a   Rose, Rob ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Fluvial flux; N saturation; Peat

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC INPUTS; C:N RATIO; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; HUMIFICATION; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; N-SATURATION; NITROGEN BUDGETS; PEAT SOILS; SOIL SOURCES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; CATCHMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; PEAT; RUNOFF; SOILS;

BUDGET CONTROL;

CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; NITROGEN; RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CATCHMENT; HUMIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; ORGANIC MATTER; PEAT; SATURATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY DEPOSITION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROGEN BUDGET; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROGEN UPTAKE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEATLAND; PRECIPITATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION (BIOMASS); PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOURCE SINK RELATIONSHIP; WET DEPOSITION;

EID: 84863513483     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.032     Document Type: Article

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