Total nitrogen concentrations in surface water of typical agro- and forest ecosystems in China, 2004-2009

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Xu, Zhiwei ^a   Zhang, Xinyu ^a   Xie, Juan ^a   Yuan, Guofu ^a   Tang, Xinzhai ^a   Sun, Xiaomin ^a   Yu, Guirui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; SURFACE WATER; WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAKE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; POND; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; METABOLISM;

CHINA; FORESTS; NITROGEN; WATER;

EID: 84899827133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092850     Document Type: Article

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