Refractory dissolved organic nitrogen accumulation in high-elevation lakes

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Goldberg, S J ^a,f   Ball, G I ^a,g   Allen, B C ^b   Schladow, S G ^b,c   Simpson, A J ^d   Masoom, H ^d   Soong, R ^d   Graven, H D ^e   Aluwihare, L I ^a  

^a GEOSCIENCES RESEARCH DIVISION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California Davis   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^g CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; LAKE WATER; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOACCUMULATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; NUTRIENT BUDGET; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; STOCHASTICITY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HETERONUCLEAR SINGLE QUANTUM COHERENCE; INORGANIC NUTRIENT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STOICHIOMETRY; TURNOVER TIME; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; LAKE TAHOE; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923372834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7347     Document Type: Article

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