Predicting nitrogen and acidity effects on long-term dynamics of dissolved organic matter

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 184, Issue , 2014, Pages 271-282

  Rowe, E C ^a   Tipping, E ^a   Posch, M ^b   Oulehle, F ^a,c   Cooper, D M ^a   Jones, T G ^d   Burden, A ^a   Hall, J ^a   Evans, C D ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidification; Carbon; DOC; Model; pH; Recovery; Soil

Indexed keywords

CONTROL TREATMENTS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; DOC; LONG TERM DYNAMICS; NITROGEN POLLUTION; PLANT PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER TURNOVER;

ACIDIFICATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; DISSOLUTION; MODELS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PH; POLLUTION; RECOVERY; SOILS; STABILIZATION;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON;

ACID WATER; ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MODEL; PH; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACIDITY DYNAMICS AND ORGANIC CARBON MODEL; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FIELD STUDY; PRODUCTIVITY; SIMULATION; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; TREND STUDY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ACIDIFICATION; CARBON; DOC; MODEL; PH; RECOVERY; SOIL;

CARBON; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGEN; SOIL; SULFUR;

EID: 84884899467     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.08.023     Document Type: Article

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