Inorganic nitrogen deposition and its impacts on N: P-ratios and lake productivity

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 327-341

  Hessen, Dag O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Catchment; Lakes; Nitrate; Nitrogen deposition; Phosphorus; Productivity; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

LAKES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PRODUCTIVITY; RUNOFF; STOICHIOMETRY;

ALPINE CATCHMENTS; CATCHMENT PROPERTIES; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; INORGANIC NITROGEN; LAKE PRODUCTIVITIES; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; TROPHIC LEVEL; VEGETATION COVER;

CATCHMENTS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; AUTOTROPHY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CATCHMENT; GROWTH RATE; INORGANIC NITROGEN; LAKE WATER; MACROPHYTE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; STOICHIOMETRY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84883162413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w5020327     Document Type: Review

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