High Atmospheric Nitrate Inputs and Nitrogen Turnover in Semi-arid Urban Catchments

Ecosystems

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1309-1325

  Riha, Krystin M ^a   Michalski, Greg ^a,b   Gallo, Erika L ^c,d   Lohse, Kathleen A ^d   Brooks, Paul D ^c   Meixner, Tom ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

gross nitrification; isotopes; N cycle; N deposition; runoff; urban ecosystems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922364466     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-014-9797-x     Document Type: Article

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