Effects of urban stream burial on nitrogen uptake and ecosystem metabolism: implications for watershed nitrogen and carbon fluxes

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 247-269

  Pennino, Michael J ^a   Kaushal, Sujay S ^b   Beaulieu, Jake J ^c   Mayer, Paul M ^d   Arango, Clay P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon quality; Fluorescence excitation emission matrices; Stream channelization; Stream daylighting; Tracer injection; Transient storage

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FLUORESCENCE; METABOLISM; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

EID: 84907606807     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-014-9958-1     Document Type: Article

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