Highway contributions to reactive nitrogen deposition: Tracing the fate of vehicular NOx using stable isotopes and plant biomonitors

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 261-274

  Redling, Katherine ^a   Elliott, Emily ^a   Bain, Daniel ^a   Sherwell, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry deposition; Nitrogen isotopes; Vehicle emissions

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRY DEPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GRASS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METROPOLITAN AREA; MOTORWAY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS PERENNANS; PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 84889672437     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9857-x     Document Type: Article

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