Roads as nitrogen deposition hot spots

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 149-163

  Bettez, Neil D ^a,d   Marino, Roxanne ^a,b   Howarth, Robert W ^a,b   Davidson, Eric A ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest edges; Nitrogen deposition; Roadside; Throughfall

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; FOREST EDGE; NITROGEN; POLLUTANT SOURCE; ROAD; THROUGHFALL; WATERSHED;

CAPE COD; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879210344     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9847-z     Document Type: Article

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