Nutrient dynamics in an oligotrophic arctic stream monitored in situ by wet chemistry methods

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2039-2049

  Snyder, Lisle ^a,b   Bowden, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

diel; diurnal; in situ sensors; nitrification; stream nutrient cycling; uptake

Indexed keywords

NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; RIVERS; SOILS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

DIEL; DIURNAL; IN-SITU SENSORS; STREAM NUTRIENT; UPTAKE;

NUTRIENTS;

EID: 84895418392     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014317     Document Type: Article

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