The Lotic Intersite Nitrogen Experiments: An example of successful ecological research collaboration

Freshwater Science

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 700-710

  Collaborators, Linx ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration; ecology; LINX; nitrogen dynamics; science; stream ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906665947     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/676938     Document Type: Review

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