Temporal variability of nitrogen stable isotopes in primary uptake compartments in four streams differing in human impacts

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 6612-6619

  Pastor, Ada ^a   Riera, Joan Lluís ^a   Peipoch, Marc ^b   Cañas, Lídia ^a   Ribot, Miquel ^b   Gacia, Esperança ^b   Martí, Eugènia ^b   Sabater, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS; NATURAL ABUNDANCE; NITROGEN STABLE ISOTOPE; SEASONAL PATTERNS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

ISOTOPES;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALGA; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROPHYTE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STREAM; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ALDER; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILITHLON; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; HETEROTROPH; HUMAN; MACROPHYTE; MOSS; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIMARY UPTAKE COMPARTMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM (RIVER); TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TURNOVER TIME;

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; RIVERS; SOLUBILITY; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84902590212     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es405493k     Document Type: Article

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