Regional nitrogen dynamics in the TERENO Bode River catchment, Germany, as constrained by stable isotope patterns

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 61-74

  Mueller, Christin ^a   Krieg, Ronald ^a   Merz, Ralf ^a   Knöller, Kay ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bode River; denitrification; hydrogen 2; isotope hydrology; nitrogen dynamic; nitrogen 15; oxygen 18; regional large scale isotope pattern; TERENO

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER QUALITY;

BODE RIVER; GERMANY; HARZ MOUNTAINS; SAXONY-ANHALT;

NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRACTIONATION; GERMANY; PROCEDURES; RIVER;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; RIVERS;

EID: 84925438573     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2015.1019489     Document Type: Article

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